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There's this guy in my class who I need to rant about. He's just the worst. He always has to be the center of attention, is loud, and constantly interrupts others. He is a know-it-all and has to be right all the time. Today he disagreed with another student about a test question, and as the debate went on he melted down and yelled "I hate people like you! I hate your ********!" The other student was being surprisingly professional about it.

The thing I hate most that he does, is he dances around me air boxing at my head. Pretending he is an MMA fighter or something. He insults the people of color in the group by trying to suck up to them by "talking like them." It makes me cringe. He calls our professor "yo, teacher!" He comes in and pretends that he is teaching the class and says stupid things to everyone when the professor isn't watching, like "you're fired!" One day I was preparing medications and he whispered in my ear "I can't stand you." I said "what are you doing??" and he laughed and danced away.

He calls all the women "honey" and "sweetie" and is really condescending. He "corrects" people with wrong information and then says "don't worry, you'll get it sweetie." He's currently a CNA and he loves to tell everyone about his "years of experience" and how he is "on a different level than the other students."

He constantly screws up in clinical and blames it on others. He got ripped a new one by the CI for messing up a simple IV drip calculation, and meanwhile he turned around and yelled at one of the other students, saying she was talking and messed him up.

The worst part is this guy is in his forties. I just honestly can't stand him. My program is over in 4 more weeks and I can't wait until I never see this guy's face again. This guy is so bad that I think the world would be a better place if he dropped dead. I don't know if he has ADD or mania or something he needs to be medicated for, or if he is just a terrible person.

Specializes in CEN, CFRN, PHRN, RCIS, EMT-P.

I can't help but wonder if the OP is exaggerating a bit....

Specializes in General Surgery.
I had this exact student in my class. It was actually worse and more drama because of rumors she spread about me and trying to get other people kicked out of the program.

But why am I telling you this? I thought.. Oh I'll never see her again..

Wrong....... We now work together...

My point? You'll have to learn how to work with these types of jerks because you may or may not end up at the same job location one day.

Bless your heart. =| I hope yall work opposite days/nights lol.

Specializes in None yet..
Sounds like upper nursing managment potential there. Seriously in some of the hospitals I have worked in he would be headed strait to the top. Can also see him eventualy getting high up in the ANA.

Oh PLEASE tell me this isn't true! I'm only in my first quarter and I've already been crushed by instructors who say one thing about professional communication and do the opposite. How do these people float to the top? I guess more importantly, how can we avoid being in their chain of command?

All I can say is Wow... Hopefully once you are done you won't have to see or hear from him again. Good luck to you!

Specializes in Neuro/ ENT.

I hear about ridiculous students like this a lot... no details of course, but some really ridiculous people are out there. However, schools have to really cover their butts. If they don't pass someone they can get sued, have to pay court fees/ lawyer fees/ and still end up losing even when the student is obviously out of line. The schools sometimes have their hands tied.

Specializes in PACU.
If they don't pass someone they can get sued, have to pay court fees/ lawyer fees/ and still end up losing even when the student is obviously out of line. The schools sometimes have their hands tied.

I have to respectively disagree with this. No nursing school will pass someone who should rightfully fail because they're afraid of being sued. I can't think of any genuine school that would be afraid of being sued by someone they failed.

Specializes in Neuro/ ENT.

I totally agree that this isn't how it should be, but it is... And in very well respected schools.

My question is this: don't most nursing schools do personal interviews? How do these people get into the programs to begin with?? How do they become problems at all by making the class? I find it hard to believe that these behaviors were totally hidden in interview.

I totally agree that this isn't how it should be, but it is... And in very well respected schools.

My question is this: don't most nursing schools do personal interviews? How do these people get into the programs to begin with?? How do they become problems at all by making the class? I find it hard to believe that these behaviors were totally hidden in interview.

I wondered about that, too.

Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

No, many schools do not. When you have a large number of applicants, getting committees together to read and evaluate essays, and/or do interviews takes a lot of time and manpower. When you have a small faculty, it isn't very feasible. Not to mention, people don't always show their true colors in an interview, they put on their best faces and present themselves to make the best possible impression.

But no, we do not pass students who are not safe. We have a professional and ethical obligation to nursing to not put people into the profession that should not be there.

It's much more common (expected, actually) to see a nursing school fail someone who should fail rather than passing someone who should fail because the school is afraid of a lawsuit. It's a rare bird who would win such a suit; I'm sure someone can point to one or two examples, but honestly, it's rare for a reason. The objective data is irrefutable, and the fact that there is subjective data that goes into a student's grades is laid out from Day One.

My alma mater saw angry, upset students who were failed from the program year after year (still do, I keep tabs). And once in awhile, one would get himself/herself a lawyer, claiming discrimination, unfair grading practices, you name it. And they would lose. I can't go back farther than 15 years with this school on this issue, but NOT ONE student has been able to win reinstatement.

Wonderfully litigious world we live in, isn't it?

Specializes in PACU.
It's much more common (expected, actually) to see a nursing school fail someone who should fail rather than passing someone who should fail because the school is afraid of a lawsuit. It's a rare bird who would win such a suit; I'm sure someone can point to one or two examples, but honestly, it's rare for a reason. The objective data is irrefutable, and the fact that there is subjective data that goes into a student's grades is laid out from Day One.

My alma mater saw angry, upset students who were failed from the program year after year (still do, I keep tabs). And once in awhile, one would get himself/herself a lawyer, claiming discrimination, unfair grading practices, you name it. And they would lose. I can't go back farther than 15 years with this school on this issue, but NOT ONE student has been able to win reinstatement.

Wonderfully litigious world we live in, isn't it?

Students seem to fail to realize that the courts are all too unwilling to get involved with students' grades. They really just don't care.

Now, if you can prove discrimination, or some other factor, that's a different story all together but the bar of proof is SO high in that regard, it is difficult to prove without it being communicated in writing or corroborated by others on some scale (which many are reluctant to do fo fear of backlash). The burden of proof is on the student, and many fail to provide proof past hearsay. Its an unfortunate stance, and I do feel some students have been legitimately discriminated in both nursing and non-nursing programs, but hopefully it is becoming less and less common (a girl can dream).

The idea of nursing schools, or any schools for that matter, passing students who should have failed for few of being sued is ludicrous. You'll find far more instances, like you said, of those litigious student losing than winning in the long run.

Specializes in MICU.

The best way to cope with fellow students " the nice ones and the bad ones" is to mind your own business. It sounds rude to say that but I am from a different culture and I see my fellow students as unique and different. If their uniqueness is not my cup of tea then I just block my ears and eyes and live my life as if they never existed in class. Why bother about people if we know for sure we cannot change them.

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