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What would you do?

I am in med surg 1 and our instructor, who was absent today, arranged for a cancer survivor to come in for us to assess and ask questions to today to go along with our cancer unit we are studying.

In class, several members were rude, not paying paying attention, etc. One member in particular, whom I have previously posted (griped? lol) about in other forums, kept asking questions... which would have been fine, but her questions were really story-telling exercises, instead of assessment questions for our patient. She made them about herself and frequently interrupted the patient to talk about what she thought or has experienced rather than what the patient was saying. It really bothered me, and I found myself wondering how this girl was ever going to be able to communicate with her patients if everything is always about her.

Am I off base here? This is the same girl who ALWAYS story-tells in class, but this time it was during "clinical" time and that bothered me. A lot. Would I be off base to drop a note to the professor? Is that to tattle-tell-y? My intention is not to tattle, but to inspire change so she stops making every class about her. Advice please!

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    If I were in your position I would keep that to myself. Let the instructor be the one to judge whether she can/cannot communicate with her assigned patients. Was that rude to interrupt the guest speaker, of course; but it's not your place to go and report that to the professor.

    It is not worth the frustration, I have a classmate who does the same thing you discussed. We just let it be, occasionally the instructor will say something to her but it is what it is.

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    I dunno, having sat through classes with people like that.... I think dropping an anonymous note in the professor's mailbox and encouraging your classmates to do the same if it bothered them, is justified.

    But then, I have low tolerance for rude, self centered people who constantly hijack everything to feed their attention monster....

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    IMHO....she will hang herself eventually and I"ll bet your instructor already knows.

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    IMHO....she will hang herself eventually and I"ll bet your instructor already knows.

    thanks everyone. you're probably all right, it's just sooooooo frustrating! Gah.

    I guess I will go do some ohhhmmmmm's lol.

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