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! :)
1. yes, i get good grades. i also work my butt off for them. it's not that i am smarter than you; i'm just more dedicated and determined. don't get angry and make sarcastic remarks because your grades aren't what you want - you're not failing and you could do much better if you put more effort into studying instead of procrastinating. if you didn't spend at least a half an hour texting me about how you don't want to study, and put that time into looking at your notes or textbook, you may not do so poorly on the test. it hurts me that you used to want to be my friend until i consistently outperformed you, and then you decided you didn't really need me in your life after all. don't think i don't see those "glances" between you and your other girlfriend when i pull out an organized study guide or am already finished with an assignment far before the due date - yes i am ocd and that's how i get good grades. it works for me and that's all that matters. maybe you should try being on top of things sometime.
2. to that same person: i see right through you when the only time i hear from you anymore is when an online quiz is posted and you text me with: "hi. did you take the quiz yet? how was it?" i know you just want to know what was on it. or when there is something else you want to know because you suck as a student. or you ask me what patients i had in clinical so you can try to get the same ones, then hint that you want my care plan so you can copy diagnoses from it. or, when you text me to say that grades are posted online, and then ask what my grade was. see #1 above. please, do your own work. don't be mad that you aren't included in a study group anymore because all you do is complain and chat about anything except what we are studying. and, you get mad at me again because i know the material we are studying!
3. to that other student: you are obnoxious when you corner me after the test and ask me what i answered for just about every question, then proceed to tell me why my answer must be wrong and your logic is right...and you proceed to break it down for me for 10 minutes. if you are so sure you're right, why are you asking me what answer i chose if you're sure i am wrong?
4. to that same other student: don't stand in front of the group while we practice lab skills and tell me every move i should make before i even do it. i am trying to remember how to do this because i haven't done it since last semester and i am trying to work my way through the steps. and, don't be surprised when i say "since you know this so well, step over here and do it while we all watch." you do it and i'll practice when you're not around. i will not hesitate to call you out on your pushy behavior and put you on the spot. you're going to be a great nurse but your patients are probably going to hate you.
5. to anyone i don't normally talk to: don't randomly approach me in the hall and ask me how i did on the test. that's rude and nosy. at least make some small talk first.
6. to anyone in my class in general: i'm sorry you're not doing well. i wish i could sometimes post on facebook about how stoked i am that i did well on a really difficult test because i am happy, relieved, and proud of myself, but i know you would be nasty about it. but rest assured, when you do well and toot your own horn i will be the first to congratulate you and tell you "way to go!"
7. to the lazy student: please stop selecting patients who are going to go home any minute because you don't want to be challenged at clinical. you're not helping yourself in the least.
8. to my friend: i think you're amazing. you're a mom, work 12 hour weekend shifts as a tech, and still manage to do well. you never complain. i will do everything in my power to help you. i love you and i think you're going to be an incredible nurse. you can walk into a room right now, and know exactly what to say and do for the patient. you're an incredible person. and thanks for not calling me a dummy in clinical when i do dummy things like trying to push a wheelchair with the brake on or making a bed without putting on a draw sheet.
You are so rude. You stand in front of me blocking the professor who is trying to speak and when I ask you nicely to move please, you turned around and said, "No. I am standing right here". This is so beyond rude that I have yet to wrap my head around it. You don't have to like me but you should show some respect. How are you going to function at a job if you can't even be slightly professional to your fellow students. And wash your backpack and your hair. They both stink!
And to one of the other people in my class. You are super nice but I wish I could tell you to wax your upper lip! All that hair makes you look like Ricky Ricardo.
I think that I need to go have a few glasses of wine and chill out. For some reason, every one is on my $#I! last nerve right now.
I would like to thank whoever started this thread. It made me laugh and also see sometimes I am guilty of these infractions. I need to be a little more cautious about my deportment. :bowingpur
It's just a vent thread. People don't have to justify their vents, they just want to vent. You might feel it's wrong to get frustrated for asking questions, others might say it's none of your business if someone is texting or looking at pics or whatever else. But this is a place people can vent without getting reprimanded for whatever it is that is annoying them.
Yeah, I was wondering why anyone else cares what I look at on my own laptop. Usually I look at it when the teacher is answering someone else's stupid question. LMAO
To a particular group of folks: shut the $%#@ up during lecture or don't bother showing up. Some of us are actually listening and retaining the info.
Our instructor walked out of lecture today because of this. Ridiculous.
Some of the instructors need to learn that this is nursing school and kick the students out of class instead of walking out. You CAN be reprimanded and you CAN be kicked out of the program for crappy behavior.
I had to go to a clinical site a 2 hour drive away. I don't have a car, my sister totalled mine.
4 other nursing students who live near me had to travel to the same site. All knew I didn't have a car.
All 4 carpooled together. I took 2 trains, a tram and a bus (which took hours) to get to clinicals at 6.45am every morning. They knew that also.
I was later told I wasn't offered a lift because the woman who was driving only wanted to be friends with the "smart girls in the class" and thought that if she was seen being friendly with me then the teacher wouldn't think she was smart, apparently I'm an idiot because I'm only in my early twenties.
This woman also considered the teacher "her only equal"....and spent all clinical saying " teacher says I'm the best nurse here !!"
Something I would love to say to a fellow student would be to stop grabbing my notes and knocking me out of my seat when you want to see what I've written... if you can't even make the effort to pay attention and take your own notes, you sure as heck aren't going to get mine.
On that note.... Don't ask me the answer to a question that the teacher JUST GAVE THE ANSWER TO!... it's once again on the same vein as the previous complaint... PAY ATTENTION!!
Our instructor walked out of lecture today because of this. Ridiculous.
I think this thread will live forever the way it's going! LOL
mspontiac
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1. yes, i get good grades. i also work my butt off for them. it's not that i am smarter than you; i'm just more dedicated and determined. don't get angry and make sarcastic remarks because your grades aren't what you want - you're not failing and you could do much better if you put more effort into studying instead of procrastinating. if you didn't spend at least a half an hour texting me about how you don't want to study, and put that time into looking at your notes or textbook, you may not do so poorly on the test. it hurts me that you used to want to be my friend until i consistently outperformed you, and then you decided you didn't really need me in your life after all. don't think i don't see those "glances" between you and your other girlfriend when i pull out an organized study guide or am already finished with an assignment far before the due date - yes i am ocd and that's how i get good grades. it works for me and that's all that matters. maybe you should try being on top of things sometime.
2. to that same person: i see right through you when the only time i hear from you anymore is when an online quiz is posted and you text me with: "hi. did you take the quiz yet? how was it?" i know you just want to know what was on it. or when there is something else you want to know because you suck as a student. or you ask me what patients i had in clinical so you can try to get the same ones, then hint that you want my care plan so you can copy diagnoses from it. or, when you text me to say that grades are posted online, and then ask what my grade was. see #1 above. please, do your own work. don't be mad that you aren't included in a study group anymore because all you do is complain and chat about anything except what we are studying. and, you get mad at me again because i know the material we are studying!
3. to that other student: you are obnoxious when you corner me after the test and ask me what i answered for just about every question, then proceed to tell me why my answer must be wrong and your logic is right...and you proceed to break it down for me for 10 minutes. if you are so sure you're right, why are you asking me what answer i chose if you're sure i am wrong?
4. to that same other student: don't stand in front of the group while we practice lab skills and tell me every move i should make before i even do it. i am trying to remember how to do this because i haven't done it since last semester and i am trying to work my way through the steps. and, don't be surprised when i say "since you know this so well, step over here and do it while we all watch." you do it and i'll practice when you're not around. i will not hesitate to call you out on your pushy behavior and put you on the spot. you're going to be a great nurse but your patients are probably going to hate you.
5. to anyone i don't normally talk to: don't randomly approach me in the hall and ask me how i did on the test. that's rude and nosy. at least make some small talk first.
6. to anyone in my class in general: i'm sorry you're not doing well. i wish i could sometimes post on facebook about how stoked i am that i did well on a really difficult test because i am happy, relieved, and proud of myself, but i know you would be nasty about it. but rest assured, when you do well and toot your own horn i will be the first to congratulate you and tell you "way to go!"
7. to the lazy student: please stop selecting patients who are going to go home any minute because you don't want to be challenged at clinical. you're not helping yourself in the least.
8. to my friend: i think you're amazing. you're a mom, work 12 hour weekend shifts as a tech, and still manage to do well. you never complain. i will do everything in my power to help you. i love you and i think you're going to be an incredible nurse. you can walk into a room right now, and know exactly what to say and do for the patient. you're an incredible person. and thanks for not calling me a dummy in clinical when i do dummy things like trying to push a wheelchair with the brake on or making a bed without putting on a draw sheet.