So I started LPN school about three weeks ago, and I must vent. Besides the class room experience being incredible when it comes to the interesting information we are getting, the women in my class are god awful! I mean horrible, worst than high school.
And Im aware a couple of people have made posts about "cliques" and what not forming in the classroom and I highly doubted it, but its so true. Its rediculous.
Only three of us are 22 and younger (myself included) and I feel like the rest of these older women are so F-ING pretentious with their heads so far up their ass. Exscuse my language but its frustrating.
It's like, whenever I have a question, I get chuckles or looks, and its honestly very discouraging. And I know these "social" situations should not be affecting me, but its hard for it not to becuase our Lab days involve us doing vitals, and handwashing, and making beds, and so forth, with a partner.
Anyway, I dont know where Im going with this. I just had to vent my frustrations over the lack of maturity, or rather, the PRETENTENTIOUSNESS over my older classmates that know as much about medicine as I do.
We have the same thing in our class. I've been in school 14 months and in the beginning the cliques" bothered me. As I gotten further along and more focused on my education experience I've gottan more clear understanding of that phrase "Nurses will eat their own." In the end, it's all about what YOU know, and what YOU can do. Those same people who have formed cliques are the same people who once out on the floor will have a hard time functioning without one another. You on the other hand, will be able to function in any situation because you learned your skills yourself, without concerns of what other students think. Good luck!
Hey everyone, congrats on going to school to become great LVNs. I graduated some years ago and also dealt with "immature classmates". Sadly though, it was the youngsters out of high school. You know the ones that were in school bc parents were paying for school or an aunt of theirs is a nurse and they too want to make good money. They didn't care about being there. I, then was in my mid 20's, and took school seriously. My loan, my life, and the future of my family. I told myslef " I'm not here to make friends, what matters are the instructors in class and clinicals. They are the ones giving me my passing grades. I shadowed my clinical instructors and asked as many ?'s as I wanted to. I didn't care about the glares from ANYONE. In the end you will be the one who will confident when you take the nclex. Good luck to all.
In my experience, this sort of thing tends to happen pretty often when you have a large number of (predominantly) women stuck together in a close group for 40 hours a week for any length of time. (except for being rude to the instructor....thats just unbelievably stupid) You should have seen the cosmetology program I went to...it was quite an accomplishment to somehow navigate clear of everyone else's drama/ general bulls***. If your problem is with the older women, then I can almost gaurantee that a large part of their problem is insecurity. Lets face, it you're much younger than they are and have your whole future to do anything you want. While there's nothing wrong with going back to school later in life, the fact remains that you're much farther ahead of the game than they are. My advice is to study hard and learn as much as you can, and show them that you're younger, more competent, and an all around BETTER nurse than they can ever hope to be with attitudes like their's. In the end, your best revenge will be your greater level of success.
JavaMama98
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We have the same thing in our class. I've been in school 14 months and in the beginning the cliques" bothered me. As I gotten further along and more focused on my education experience I've gottan more clear understanding of that phrase "Nurses will eat their own." In the end, it's all about what YOU know, and what YOU can do. Those same people who have formed cliques are the same people who once out on the floor will have a hard time functioning without one another. You on the other hand, will be able to function in any situation because you learned your skills yourself, without concerns of what other students think. Good luck!