Threatening clinical instructor

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Hi everyone,

I have a clinical instructor during my preceptorship that is something else. I said one of my learning objectives during clinical was proper medication administration, and she said if I was working on that, then maybe "we could recycle you through the program" :confused:.

She has also said derogatory comments about me in front of the rest of the clinical group, as well as other students, mainly about our intelligence. :imbar

She makes threats with our grades (she's the sole decider of whether or not we pass this clinical), and is generally rude and nasty.

I have never had a problem with a clinical instructor before, usually I give them the benefit of the doubt, but this one raises several flags, and makes me feel uneasy.

Should I say something to her or someone else about this? I understand she wants us to be tough, but this is going a little far.

What would you do?

BUT as I said, you have to go into it believing in yourself. If you are trying to do it only because lizz and I tell you to, it won't work.

This is an excellent point.

:typing

Thanks to everyone for the extremely thoughtful and helpful advice :)

My gut instinct is to wait for now, if it gets worse, I'll send her a nonconfrontational email. ;)

Thanks again

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