I had a horrible experience with an instructor today which I am basically over, but I have to share this story with all of you to see what you think.
We just started class on Wed the 28th, which means we are finished week two today. My group (7 students) has been given the wrong information a few times and it is beginning to get on my nerves. We had a take home mastery due today which we went over as a large group (about 23 students) with 3 instructors present. One of the questions was a true or false:
When using a cane, a client should be instructed to place the cane directly to the side of the unaffected leg.
First the instructor said this was true, then she looked at her answer sheet and said no, it's false. Then she read the statement and said it was true. The whole class was in a whispered uproar by this time discussing whether it was true or false. My belief was that it could be answered either way. The cane does go on the unaffected side, but if it is being used (meaning the client is walking) then it is placed a step ahead of the unaffected side, not DIRECTLY beside the leg. It still has not been resolved as to whether the answer is true or false and we are to use this mastery sheet to study for our first exam. The class then broke up to go to individual groups. Since we were to stay in the same room my classmate and I were still discussing the true/false dilemma. I stated my opinion and he was rereading the question. The instructor for one of the other groups kind of nosed into our conversation. I thought she wanted to explain the mix up so I told her that I thought the statement was misleading because of the words "using" and "directly". She turned on me and in a very short and snotty tone said, "If you read into every question that deeply you WILL fail the NCLEX!" I was shocked. The way she turned on me I felt like I was being attacked. Eventually, I ended up crying. Which I am also very upset about. I don't like to lose control like that. (We all have other things going on besides the stress of nursing school and I am on overload right now.) My group instructor went with me to the bathroom and told me that the other instructor was way out of line and that she was going to talk to her about it.
