tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8991060639821507237..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: RYS Flashback. 5 Years Ago.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79200649470484677772013-06-13T08:57:47.632-04:002013-06-13T08:57:47.632-04:00Please trust me on this...Nancy will never enter a...Please trust me on this...Nancy will never enter a nursing classroom, unless she obtains a spot in a non-accredited, massively expensive "professional" school (read: businesspersons who throw together a nursing school, fly JUST under the radar of state nursing law, and harvest student-loan money from the uniformed and underprepared). Wait! That might actually be a good fate for Nancy Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18042271913445019874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52457422747992110012013-06-12T20:13:36.733-04:002013-06-12T20:13:36.733-04:00Poetic Justice would seem to be ... both this Dean...Poetic Justice would seem to be ... both this Dean and herDaddy Dearest admitted to ICU and the only one covering their rooms is Negative NancyUSNA Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599000293016307164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7654327806203972502013-06-12T18:27:58.336-04:002013-06-12T18:27:58.336-04:00Peter:
It sounds like you were in a place similar...Peter:<br /><br />It sounds like you were in a place similar to where I used to be.<br /><br />I had my share of students circumventing the system and going against protocol to get what they wanted, sometimes being aided and abetted by certain administrators. Those same administrators frequency violated rules and regulations whenever it suited them if it meant that the kiddies were happy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6618192315825308112013-06-12T17:11:10.121-04:002013-06-12T17:11:10.121-04:00I have a similar story to tell, with a different o...I have a similar story to tell, with a different outcome.<br /><br />About ten years ago, two students in a soph-level service course I had taught on the previous term appealed their F's by going directly to one of the assistant deans (skipping the assoc. head for UG and the head), alleging "inadequate instruction" ("he made it sooo hard!"). The dean contacted the head, Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77236679589144704182013-06-12T16:24:51.303-04:002013-06-12T16:24:51.303-04:00I assume the nursing program would be pretty made ...I assume the nursing program would be pretty made about this, too -- not least because it reflects a lack of respect for (and a very outdated understanding of) nursing. As Faris said, this is one of those times when a (good, tough) standardized qualifying exam is a real blessing. <br /><br />Of course, there is another group of aspiring but poorly-qualified nurses (in addition to those who are Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14588125702765626632013-06-12T14:16:39.487-04:002013-06-12T14:16:39.487-04:00At the place where I used to teach, this case woul...At the place where I used to teach, this case wouldn't have been an issue. I had students who failed some of my courses and, mysteriously, they managed to pass.<br /><br />In one case, my department head raised the marks, though the students in question qualified for supplemental exams. All they had to do was to check with me to make arrangements.<br /><br />Inn another case, a third of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88330936308882568002013-06-12T12:49:28.149-04:002013-06-12T12:49:28.149-04:00Yes. In this case, the incompetent student is tryi...Yes. In this case, the incompetent student is trying to get into, rather than out of, a program. One hopes that the nursing program has high enough standards that she has since flunked out rather than graduated. The nursing department at my CC doesn't accept any grades less than B, and that's a real B, not an inflated one.<br /><br />Good show, everyone who stonewalled against that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41290260107642830832013-06-12T12:21:55.327-04:002013-06-12T12:21:55.327-04:00Subtle. I like it.Subtle. I like it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51230992729555479892013-06-12T10:47:14.191-04:002013-06-12T10:47:14.191-04:00Hopefully the next time he sees her she'll hav...Hopefully the next time he sees her she'll have a sharp instrument in her hand, and he'll be waiting for a shave.<br />Cambridge0101https://www.blogger.com/profile/12153435765355501551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6717746748502028622013-06-12T10:36:23.531-04:002013-06-12T10:36:23.531-04:00Wonder if Dad can make a "compelling case&quo...Wonder if Dad can make a "compelling case" to the NCLEX--assuming Dad keeps leaning on the dean to get her passed through her nursing classes.Iyrrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272150097841691708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14808615132754231132013-06-12T08:35:55.467-04:002013-06-12T08:35:55.467-04:00This is a nicely resurrected companion piece to so...This is a nicely resurrected companion piece to some recent conversations on the page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com