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!
If you are lecturing us on appearance, maybe you should clean yourself up too. Just a quick combing of the hair and checking to see if the clothes you are wearing match can really go a long way.
Recording five hours of new lecture material on audio and emailing it out to students right before spring break because "we don't have time for spring break in the nursing program" just stinks. Even nursing students need and deserve spring break.
Wow!! She needs to take it up with program directors then and let her feelings be known. A break is a break is a break. SHE gets one doesn't she?!?
Wow!! She needs to take it up with program directors then and let her feelings be known. A break is a break is a break. SHE gets one doesn't she?!?
Same as in my program last semester. Didnt get a single day of break til Thanksgiving week and we had 7 assignments due when we got back plus numerous papers, care plans, readings. It was anything but a break.
- Give examples of careplans done by previous students that meets your requirements, how do we know what to expect if you don't give us some background of your expectations
- Not talk so quickly during lecture, don't you understand that when students MOAN and GROAN this means that they were not done writing down the information just shown on the powerpoint slide.
- Teach us how to apply information, include a couple questions at the end of the lecture regarding material just completed. Say things like, "this is what you should be thinking when answering this question." That extra 5 minutes will go a long way for some students.
- Post the EXACT SAME outline that you use for lecture on the web. We can't follow what you are lecturing because we have to swift through all of the pages you made us print out that carries information that is not even on the test. And while we are doing that, you are lecturing us on information that we need to be writing down ...and talking really fast ... I understand there is alot of info to be taught and talking a little faster than normal may be necessary to chunk all this info to us in 1hr & 15 min., but at least give us the same outline your are lecturing from. Hello, but we have enough to learn for you to be adding more stuff in. Besides this is a 320level 3credit course. You make it feel like it's a 500-600!
- Do not come waltzing into the preconference room 10 minutes late munching on a granola bar. Also do not slurp on your yogurt while teaching us about medications. I am also not intersted in hearing how much sex you are going to have when you are 50, thanks!
- Don't threaten to fail me when in clinical rotations because of your lack of communication, laziness, and want to play favorites. I'm one of the top students in the class standing, received numerous 'Thank You's' from both my patients, the nurses I've worked with, as well as other nurses during this rotation, not to mention rotations in the past. I constantly go out of my way to help other students and nurses with their patients. A review board would see straight through this charade for what it is -- a crude attempt at bullying.
- To my other clinical instructors -- thank you for making me work, critical think problems and enforcing the fact that being 'smart' is OK.
Why are you still teaching? You really need to retire because you are nasty, rude, evil and hateful! I cannot wait to write my review for you when I am done....it won't do anything, but I sure will feel better venting!
1. The syllabus you handed out in the beginning of the semester is a work of art. It's clear and concise. Can you please follow it?
2. Stop. With. The. Group. Discussions. No one does the work because everyone knows you are only going to tell us to get into groups and talk about it. No one is learning anything, yet you are surprised half the class is failing. So, please, teach the class. I am highly disgruntled that I am bleeding money to the school in order to take a class that resembles a fluffed up high school homeroom.
3. You are a wonderful professor, and the reason I want to become a teacher. Thank you.
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Stop trying to be "buddies" and well liked and focus more on being a good instructor. I know you are new to our school, but you are not new to teaching. There are no excuses.
Don't threaten to desat me and document on my skills sheet "student failed to admin 2100 med on time..."
BECAUSE THE DAMN RN WOULDN'T GET THE MED OUT THE PYXIS AFTER BEGGING AND PLEADING WITH HER!!!!
Thank god the next day a reasoned RN caught wind of the situation and went and told our instructor not to assign us to patients with that nurse in particular. Said nurse was a shaky new grad and wouldn't even delegate orthostatics to me!
OH and for lecturers.. I can read quite well thank you! I don't need to have 25k in student debt to be forced to come to class and sign role to hear you read a pointless powerpoint to me since the only thing that counts for tests is the textbook. Please go burn the powerpoints.
Oh and your swaying back and forth while reading said powerpoints makes you resemble and pendulum and makes us all very sleepy. Thus, total learning block.
Just so you know, I only come to lecture to sign role and spend that time reading the textbook.
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MHaffer
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Oh, sorry, I forgot about this:
If you are lecturing us on appearance, maybe you should clean yourself up too. Just a quick combing of the hair and checking to see if the clothes you are wearing match can really go a long way.