Along the lines of the first thread, "Things you would love to say to your nursing instructors" I thought this would be a great thread to start. I've since graduated LVN but there was one main thing I wanted to say to some students in my class.
Will you people in the back row please stop talking! I swear that today I can still hear their motormouths running! :chuckle
When I am in the RN bridge I will come back and post some more. I'm sure some of you have something to get off your chest. Come on and unload here! :)
I despise you! Constantly giving me dirty looks will cause your face to stay forever ugly, telling your friend to give me 0 out of 25 on a peer evaluation (which btw was very obvious to the professor that there was some bias so you just looked bad), and yea, I smoke so the f what?! When I get in the elevator with you, keep sticking your nose in the air and complaining it smells like smoke. Sorry, I don't like it either, it's a bad habit to break and I'm working on it. So don't act like you know it all and are Miss Perfect. Your mini me isn't all that great either. Just because the professor says somethings doesn't matter on a tiny, specific topic, doesn't mean you have to get your panties in a wad and look around in awe. It's not a big deal (obviously, or she wouldn't say that), chill out!
Your eye freaks me out. period.
I don't know about you. Year one you were quite and very nice, like a mouse, in a good way. This year, hanging around those new girls, which by all means, go for it, they are very nice, but VERY loud and kind of obnoxious, you have turned into complete opposite. Perhaps just showing your true colors with some friends to open up to, but you changed, like you are trying to be one of them?
Honestly, if you say honestly one more time, I'm honestly going to duct tape your mouth shut. Honestly. Every time we are in groups for tests you have to go on some rant about how your child had this or that. That or you bring on the line, "Well, I put answer a because reasons x, y, and z, which are completely valid but I agree with every one else on answer b because every one else put it". For god sake, have a back bone woman! I put answer a for the same reasons and know it is right, by agreeing with majority which will ultimately end in having a wrong answer, you are shooting yourself as well as me in the foot.
You can't operate or read an automatic BP machine...never miind taking a temp or pulse. You were supposed to fail but because of stupid "rule", our instructor wasn't able to fail you. You are going to hurt a patient one day- just freaking quit! We hate your complaints, we hate your eye rolls..just leave! You have no business taking care of others, when the whole semester you kept choosing the same patient and treated her like she was "not all there"... She has no mental deficit you *******!
I wonder how some of my fellow students behave in clinical. They act very unprofessional and immature in class during lecture.
Nursing requires judgement and maturity. FYI -instructors take note of your constant talking, laughing and texting during class. Maybe they don't call you out on it (which I wish they would b/c your behavior is distracting), but they see it. I wish there was a maturity test that people had to pass in order to get into nursing school. When I see that type of behavior in class, it makes me think they aren't serious students. I like having fun and enjoying myself. But I pay attention in class because nursing is a serious job.
1) Thank you for letting me use your penlight when my battery died on me this week. (lOl)
2) Using the terminology that we just learned in yesterdays lecture to ask "smart" questions in this lecture does not necessarily make you look smarter.
3) Thank you for helping me when I go through a mini melt down. I will be there for you if you need it.
4) Yes those 2 other people in my nursing class with my same last name are my 2 children and it does have its advantages when it comes to study time with them, but when we are waiting for test results to come back it equals some crazy stress/worry for 3 people and not just 1.
5) It would be so helpful if you let me breath before you ask me "how we did on a test?" When we know that you are only trying to make yourself look better than us because you always post on facebook that you made an A on your last test. Yes an A would be great, but for this family of 3 sometimes a C means we will have a celebration that night!
6) Thank you for becoming my extended family so quickly and my door and study table is always open to you when you need me.
Learned a hard lesson about this during 1st semester, and it was worth it. When you implement good personal boundaries in school, it helps you keep your perspective. Plus, it's good training for the work world.
1) Do not preface everyone of your 50 questions with a cutsie version of, "Maybe this is a stupid question" just so the instructor will boost your ego and say that is it not. She is paid to say that. I am not. That was a stupid question and your need for validation is wasting my time.
2) I don't care if you are Megan Fox, I dont want to see that much of your plumber's crack. You are an adult. Dress like one.
3) Compared to the horror stories i have read on AN, our instructors are SAINTS. Please treat them with respect and stop condemning them when they mispronounce something or misspell. They are people and you guys are lucky to have them.
Have a sense of humor, and don't take yourself so seriously! Laughter helps put people at ease and can be a great ice breaker - with your lab partners and patients. Know when humor is appropriate, and use it wisely. (Good humor: laughing at a silly joke the pt made. Bad humor: you've got colon cancer because you're full of s---. See the difference? Good.)
Accept your faults and take responsibility for your actions. If the professor "reprimands" you because you made a grievous error, man up and learn from it; don't rant about it on Rate My Professor or to your classmates. Allow yourself to grow. You will make mistakes when you are learning, and that is OK. The most important thing, however, is that you LEARN from it.
Please be prepared for lecture and lab. Even if you were absent, read ahead and keep up on the assignments. You are expected to read the material and be familiar with it BEFORE class. The professor will cement the information you already read, and will clarify things for you. It will also make you better prepared for lab, because you will know exactly what you need to do.
For the love of Pete, PLEASE do NOT talk when the professor is talking! I have to tape record my lectures and your loud a$$ mouth can be heard over the professor on my recordings. We are in a lecture hall, where it is often difficult to hear the professor, let alone record her so SHUT UP. Also, please stop tapping your foot or kicking the back of my seat. Although our lecture hall is designed like a movie theater, it is NOT in fact a theater (where you can often get away with wiggling and giggling in your seat), and you are expected to have some sense of decorum.
Nobody cares that you're a CNA or PCT. You are not special. You are not more knowledgeable or smarter than anyone else just because you learned how to take a pulse and wipe a butt before the rest of us. Be aware that I laugh my butt off every time you make a mistake (think Nelson's iconic laugh from The Simpsons). I loooove when your arrogance gets called out and you get put in your place. Use your ~skills~ to help others, and don't keep them secretive just so you can try and one up or be smarter than everyone else. Your arrogance doesn't make you smarter - it makes you an idiot.
So glad I found this threat! An excellent one to make my first post in, I must say!
Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.
Nobody cares that you're a CNA or PCT. You are not special. You are not more knowledgeable or smarter than anyone else just because you learned how to take a pulse and wipe a butt before the rest of us. Be aware that I laugh my butt off every time you make a mistake (think Nelson's iconic laugh from The Simpsons). I loooove when your arrogance gets called out and you get put in your place. Use your ~skills~ to help others, and don't keep them secretive just so you can try and one up or be smarter than everyone else. Your arrogance doesn't make you smarter - it makes you an idiot.
SAY IT LOUD SAY IT PROUD!!!!!! AhahahahahahahaSo glad I found this threat! An excellent one to make my first post in, I must say!
1. I'll loan you my notes happily if you miss class occasionally for a good reason. However if you're too lazy to come to class so much that I only see you once or twice a month, don't you dare ask me for all of my notes. Asking a few days before the exam when I need my notes to study only makes things worse. Oh, and please don't sit next to me in class only to constantly ask me questions while I'm trying to listen to the teacher about things you would have known if you had showed up for class occasionally!
2. If we're doing a group project together and we are delegating tasks, do not continuously ask me and the other group members how many pages something has to be or how many of this or that you have to find so that you only have to do the minimum amount of work possible. The amount required is the amount it takes to get it done! We are not your babysitters and we shouldn't have to walk you through your part in the project.
3. Barely passing should not be your greatest goal in nursing school, even if you think that you can still get a job just because nurses are needed these days. What did you say? "Oh, I barely passed anatomy and physiology, but there's a shortage of nurses so it doesn't really matter." "Oh, I didn't even get the required book or read once beyond the teacher's Powerpoint, so I'm pretty satisfied with my barely passing grade!" If you don't take enough pride in your future profession to actually want to learn the material and not just pass the class, then why are you becoming a nurse?
4. If you really wanted to be something else but are in nursing school because you didn't get in / wanted a back-up plan, etc. please try to at least pretend you are actually motivated and if you can't do that then stop wasting our time and leave.
5. Please don't complain in the hallways about instructors whose tests or other assignments are unfair and then fall silent and pretend like you didn't have any problems when someone brings it up in class to the instructor, making it seem like it's just them. If you don't have the balls to speak up to someone's face about the problem then stop complaining.
6. Oh, you got 100% first try on a test that many had trouble passing at all? Thanks for telling me. I think I would have asked if I wanted to know your grade. It must be tough being that awesome.
7. The fact that you find the time to read thick books three times over before a test plus extra books that don't relate to our classes while you have a family at home doesn't necessarily make you smarter. There is something to be said for having a life outside of school and finding a balance. If you would rather read than spend time with your family, that's fine, but don't look down on the rest of us who achieve good grades and work hard without dedicating our entire lives and every second of our free time to studying. Knowing everything won't necessarily make you a better nurse.
8. Yes, part of being a nurse is those nasty hand skills that you find so below you. You can't learn from books alone, and you might try coming to class every once in awhile. The fact that you are going to the same internships as the rest of us, but you've never practiced giving an injection, drawing blood, putting in an IV, CPR, etc. is laughable. You shouldn't be allowed to be in school. Don't you dare complain to me when the instructors tell you that you have to retake a class that you only showed up once for. Going to school does not mean doing assignments from home, only reading enough of your books to pass the test and never actually going to school. Unless you have a specifically designed long-distance class, but this is not one!
9. Starting a part-time job 2 weeks ago does not explain why your assignment from 2 months ago is not turned in yet! Or the other 10 assignments that everyone else turned in on time. Stop making stupid excuses to the teachers. If you have a real reason, then maybe you need to take some time off school, because if you haven't finished half of your classes from last year, you probably didn't learn that much from them anyway. If you don't have a real reason, then stop being lazy. Many people have children at home and still turn their assignments in on time. 6 months late is ridiculous.
Of course I really like most of my classmates, even if we annoy each other at times. :)
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I despise you! Constantly giving me dirty looks will cause your face to stay forever ugly, telling your friend to give me 0 out of 25 on a peer evaluation (which btw was very obvious to the professor that there was some bias so you just looked bad), and yea, I smoke so the f what?! When I get in the elevator with you, keep sticking your nose in the air and complaining it smells like smoke. Sorry, I don't like it either, it's a bad habit to break and I'm working on it. So don't act like you know it all and are Miss Perfect. Your mini me isn't all that great either. Just because the professor says somethings doesn't matter on a tiny, specific topic, doesn't mean you have to get your panties in a wad and look around in awe. It's not a big deal (obviously, or she wouldn't say that), chill out!
Your eye freaks me out. period.
I don't know about you. Year one you were quite and very nice, like a mouse, in a good way. This year, hanging around those new girls, which by all means, go for it, they are very nice, but VERY loud and kind of obnoxious, you have turned into complete opposite. Perhaps just showing your true colors with some friends to open up to, but you changed, like you are trying to be one of them?
Honestly, if you say honestly one more time, I'm honestly going to duct tape your mouth shut. Honestly. Every time we are in groups for tests you have to go on some rant about how your child had this or that. That or you bring on the line, "Well, I put answer a because reasons x, y, and z, which are completely valid but I agree with every one else on answer b because every one else put it". For god sake, have a back bone woman! I put answer a for the same reasons and know it is right, by agreeing with majority which will ultimately end in having a wrong answer, you are shooting yourself as well as me in the foot.
That is all.