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! :)
To my instructors past and present: Could you be a little more straightforward about what is going to be on the test? Don't tell us that such and such will be on the test and instead of that, we get something different.
Trying to weed me out aren't you? Well screw you, I'm still going.
Can we PLEASE dispense with the ******* birth stories in mother/baby class? We are having to stay half an hour past the time that class is over because you all want to share your wonderful story from 5 years ago. Seriously, no one cares but you. And I love the people who want the teacher to be a doctor and diagnose them from something that happened to them years ago, while the rest of us DON'T CARE. It's not gonna be on the test or the boards, SHUT UP.
You must have been in my class. What about the people that share their difficulties conceiving. OMG do I really want to know your husband "has poor swimmers". Um......no!
Our graduation will be hysterical meeting all of these people I have heard so much about.
You must have been in my class. What about the people that share their difficulties conceiving. OMG do I really want to know your husband "has poor swimmers". Um......no!
Our graduation will be hysterical meeting all of these people I have heard so much about.
OMG yes, I was just complaining about the birth stories today and I told some students that when the ones who tell their birth stories meet my husband, I'm gonna say "Bob, this is Sally. She's the one I told you about whose water broke at Olive Garden, and she was in labor for 26 hours and her vag ripped all the way to her rectum and she pooped on the nurse's hand!"
I'm sorry that your clinical site is a pain to travel to. But we were all told during orientation that you can't switch clinical sites. Stop complaining and deal with it. Life doesn't always treat you fairly. Get over it.
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with that one. When you don't have a car and the clinical site is about 2 hours away by bus and you have the choice of 2 hospitals that are only 30 min away, which one would you choose? I'm not going to risk getting shot or snatched at 3 in the morning at the bus stop because of clinicals. This has happened a few times around here. It's not worth all that.
Other than that, I have nothing to say against my fellow classmates. Maybe just don't act like we should always expect a matrix for the test. It's nice to have, but its also not a given. That means we need to read!
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with that one. When you don't have a car and the clinical site is about 2 hours away by bus and you have the choice of 2 hospitals that are only 30 min away, which one would you choose? I'm not going to risk getting shot or snatched at 3 in the morning at the bus stop because of clinicals. This has happened a few times around here. It's not worth all that.
Your program (and others) may vary, but our program does not give us the choice of clinical sites. We were given the full list of sites at orientation, with plenty of time to try to persuade instructors regarding our assignment... Once they gave us our assignment for the semester, though... it's a done deal, regardless of how far away it is from 'home' or transportation status.
While placing oneself in harms way (at a bus stop) is not worth it, I'm sure carpooling is an option that can be explored.
Your program (and others) may vary, but our program does not give us the choice of clinical sites. We were given the full list of sites at orientation, with plenty of time to try to persuade instructors regarding our assignment... Once they gave us our assignment for the semester, though... it's a done deal, regardless of how far away it is from 'home' or transportation status.
While placing oneself in harms way (at a bus stop) is not worth it, I'm sure carpooling is an option that can be explored.
This semester is was not an option, but luckily I live close to the medical center, where a majority of the big hospitals are, so its no biggy. Last semester I was able to convince my instructor because of my lack of a car and the distant hospital and she agreed it would be a problem. I heard someone else did the same thing and also didn't have a car, although they lived on campus. I just got switched with someone else from the site I went to and it worked for both of us.
I wish I could carpool, but unfortunately I'm the only one who lives on my side of town. Who's gonna come and get me?Everyone else lives in the suburbs or on campus. No, life is not fair.
Eh, at least I get some reading out the way on my way to and from school. I just don't like how people look at you like :eek:when you don't have a car. I'm sorry, but do you want to buy me one? Geez. you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm glad the school and hospitals aren't out in the suburbs. I would never make it and would just have to go to another school. Shoot, who can make it in the suburbs without a car? But then again, if you live out there you should have enough to buy one compared to someone living in "da hood"
In my class many student are shy or afraid to ask questions. My tuition is freaking expensive, I will ask as many questions as I want( within topic). People who find questions "stupid" are the ones who come to class before the test and ask " what exactly is an antibiotic"? No one was born with knowledge, learning ,listening, and asking questions can help you succeed. Freedom of speech people keep on talking, if the instructors don't mind who cares what the students think
If the instructor doesn't get to finish the lecture...she will finish it tomorrow ( or it might not be on tomorrow's test)
I don't mean this as a "nyah" to anyone stuck with classmates that drive them crazy. I've been there in other degree programs, and it was awful. But for THESE classmates, what I want to say is:
You inspire me. Good for all of us for making it this far, and good luck to each of us in seeing it all the way through.
so very happy with my class, my teachers, my program,
Sorry to sound crass, but if you don't have a car to get to clinicals, you can't visit that problem on others. It sounds like those with cars SHOULD be placed further awayt than those who don't. Our nursing program gives out a sheet listing all the clinical sites that the program uses. Some are relativley close, some seem like they're located in Timbuktu. That's their "Friendly" warning that you might have to go to a site that may not be convenient for you. And if you can't risk getting jumped at 3 a.m., please consider becoming a recluse. In this day and age, people are getting jumped, robbed, attacked at 3 a.m. and 3p.m. in da' hood and the suburbs. It's just the way it is.
As a previous poster said, please stop using the "I'm a single mom with kids" as a leverage point to leave early or change clinical sites. Your children are your business. I didn't make them with you. If the babysitter is a no-show, what does it have to do with me?
whichone'spink, BSN, RN
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To my instructors past and present: Could you be a little more straightforward about what is going to be on the test? Don't tell us that such and such will be on the test and instead of that, we get something different.
Trying to weed me out aren't you? Well screw you, I'm still going.