If you could have an open, honest conversation with your instructors - classroom or clinical - what would you tell them?
Here are some of my thoughts:
(1) Please make sure that everyone follows the rules & meets the requirements. Don't let some students make their own rules while others work hard to follow every rule! While there are always times exceptions must be made, the same students are often getting away with everything.
(2) When I'm in clinical, please just step back and allow me to do the task I have to do. Don't stand over me asking questions! Your running commentary makes me a nervous wreck. As long as I'm doing my task correctly, observe & keep quiet! If I do something wrong, please explain it to me and give my another opportunity to prove I can do it.
(3) Please ensure your expectations are clear and consistant. If you want our weekly patient write-ups a certain way, tell us. Don't change your expectations without letting us know!! The bottom line: most of us are working so hard to do our best! Tell us what you want from us and we'll always do what we can to get a good grade!
I would like to say the following to my instructor:
Despite your repeated claims to the contrary when I dare so much as to check my calendar, you do not own me Monday-Friday 6 am to 5 pm.
I liked that one..what I would like to say to them is that I own THEM on Mondays from 10am until 2pm..I pay, they teach, I learn...
Exactly. I'm not in the military- I didn't sign a contract giving the school control of my life. I am paying tuition and I can choose my personal level of involvement. The fact I've had a 3.5 GPA in their program to date should be a testament to me meeting their requirements. If they are unhappy
You looked out for me and helped me along and appreciated my learning style and quest for knowledge. Because of your compassion I will be a better nurse and a better teacher someday. I will continue to make you proud of me! Words can not say how grateful I am that you took me under your wing and let me fly on my own. You were the first person in the nursing program I felt I could trust and you have lived up to all my expectations of an instructor and then some! Our paths will cross again, the nursing community is pretty darned small!
How the h3ll did you get a master's degree with your atrocious spelling and lousy grammar?I know you had to write term papers on graduate school. Were you graded for grammar and spelling?
Stop capitalizing words that don't need capitalized. The rules for capitalization are proper nouns are capitalized. Others are not. Trade names are capitalized. Generic names are not. Do not capitalize aorta, hypertension, heparin, aspirin, surgery, anemia, renal failure - or anything that was not named after someone. Crohn's disease is capitalized; heart disease is not. Learn the difference.
Oh, and peanut butter is two words, playground is one word.
Learn the difference between "everyday" and "every day". "Everyday" is an adjective that modifies a noun. "Ever day" is something that happens daily. If something happens every day, it is an everyday occurence.
I had an instructor my 3rd semester who almost made me quit. She had her pets and I was very much not one of them. She made me feel inadequate, unliked and no matter what I did, she never gave me any praise, it was all negative. I have been graduated and working for a year now. I just had my yearly performance review and everything on it was wonderful, especially the comments from my fellow co workers.
Recently this instructor was on my floor with her students. She walked up to me and tried to make nice. I simply stared at her until she realized I had no expression on my face then she shut up. I looked at her and very calmly softly said " I dont have to pretend to like you anymore. I dont have to even stand here and listen to you. I am here and an excellent nurse in SPITE of you. Please dont waste anymore of my time."
Recently this instructor was on my floor with her students. She walked up to me and tried to make nice. I simply stared at her until she realized I had no expression on my face then she shut up. I looked at her and very calmly softly said " I dont have to pretend to like you anymore. I dont have to even stand here and listen to you. I am here and an excellent nurse in SPITE of you. Please dont waste anymore of my time."
Oh, wow....many of us can only DREAM of being given this opportunity! This would be worth taking that job at my last clinical assignment, lol....thanks for sharing that!!
To one in particular- you are completely incapable of teaching. You do one thing really well- reading (from the PowerPoint slides, that is). You have no ability to convey the information required for the ridiculous tests you put together.
Thank you, M.A. and J.K., for being thorough and competent and caring.
Thanks, M.B., for making me turn to my textbooks when every one of your lectures consisted of "I don't actually know what this is... but you can look it up.... by the way, it's on the test!"
And to F.J., who was devoted enough to nursing to actually work with us on our shortcomings. I know I'll be a better, more careful nurse because of her.
I had an instructor my 3rd semester who almost made me quit. She had her pets and I was very much not one of them. She made me feel inadequate, unliked and no matter what I did, she never gave me any praise, it was all negative. I have been graduated and working for a year now. I just had my yearly performance review and everything on it was wonderful, especially the comments from my fellow co workers.
Recently this instructor was on my floor with her students. She walked up to me and tried to make nice. I simply stared at her until she realized I had no expression on my face then she shut up. I looked at her and very calmly softly said " I dont have to pretend to like you anymore. I dont have to even stand here and listen to you. I am here and an excellent nurse in SPITE of you. Please dont waste anymore of my time."
There are several things you all have mentioned that I would again gladly repeat. Mostly, What were you thinking?! and Thanks.
In that order.
One of the best discussions we had a clinical was waiting time at post-conference. Our instructor related most of her nursing school stories, drinking and swearing included. That was a humorus eye-opener!
Thank you for being organized and on time. Thank you for being knowledgeable on what you are lecturing about. And thank you for being so passionate about nursing. Your stories are an inspiration to me.
I'm sorry some of my classmates are so rude. Some of them seem to think that instructors aren't also human.
Wow that is my dream, revenge, how sweet. I have a prof this semester that is just a witch, once after her tirade in the hallway, a nurse pulled me the equipment room and told me that she had her as a prof and never spoke to her since. pretty much same scenario
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