Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

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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!

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

Don't tell everyone that we're not reading enough and that's why we're not making high scores on our test, when you claim you've read and outline diligently, but still failed the CNE exam. Just saying. And you already have a MSN.

Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

Stop saying "We'll I thought the test was a good test and pretty easy......" Of course you would, you have a Masters degree in Nursing and you made the test, so of course it was perfect to you. Lolz!

Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.
Stop making excuses and get some freaking organizational skills! If we don't hold our end of the bargain we pay for it. If you don't? We pay for it.

Praise!!!! Everybody needs to be on one accord regarding what each one will/will not accept regarding clinical performance/homework and class assignments.

Thank you for happily agreeing to be my reference after I have graduated.. Then when I have a fantastic opportunity for an RN Residency program specifically for new grads, you give me a bad reference score which prevents me from getting accepted into the program! So thank you for promoting excellence for your new graduates!! Enter sarcasm...

Specializes in Psych, OB-GYN.

Dear Instructor,

I love you, I really do. But right now I HATE that you're ignoring my question about an exam answer. Despite what you think and despite the fact that over 60% of the class got the answer correct, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN INTACT EPISIOTOMY!! It does not exist, therefore, the correct answer cannot be "D. intact episiotomy, mild edema, no errythema" Perhaps you MEANT to say Perineum, or maybe you meant midline epis with edges well approximated, mild edema and no errythema, but there is no INTACT EPISIOTOMY! Even if I don't get my two points back, I would still appreciate you acknowleding the fact that you made a mistake in the question.

Thanks!

Signed,

The student who worked for 2 years as PPU nurse before returing to school to get my bachelors degree.

P.S. I chose the answer that stated the fundus is 1-2 cm below the umbilicus. Which, FYI, would be completely normal in a primip 12 hours postpartum. Just sayin.

Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.
Dear Instructor,

I love you, I really do. But right now I HATE that you're ignoring my question about an exam answer. Despite what you think and despite the fact that over 60% of the class got the answer correct, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN INTACT EPISIOTOMY!! It does not exist, therefore, the correct answer cannot be "D. intact episiotomy, mild edema, no errythema" Perhaps you MEANT to say Perineum, or maybe you meant midline epis with edges well approximated, mild edema and no errythema, but there is no INTACT EPISIOTOMY! Even if I don't get my two points back, I would still appreciate you acknowleding the fact that you made a mistake in the question.

Thanks!

Signed,

The student who worked for 2 years as PPU nurse before returing to school to get my bachelors degree.

P.S. I chose the answer that stated the fundus is 1-2 cm below the umbilicus. Which, FYI, would be completely normal in a primip 12 hours postpartum. Just sayin.

Oh no! The instructor can't be wrong. She is infallible! She probably took a course in writing test questions like one of my instructors said she did. Ha! I wish I could tell her that telling our class that didn't make her look anymore qualified. If anything it made us feel sorry that she was crazy enough to pay tuition for that class.

I wish you could be my second mom!

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