Today, my clinical instructor told me to stop being so negative, to get over myself, and to focus on nursing school. I'm only distracted because 3 days ago I was told I might have colon cancer. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after switching careers to nursing, I got feedback for my first assessment. It indirectly implied, "Don't think like a doctor when you're studying nursing, don't diagnose patients." I barely passed and I'm only now realizing why my family was pushing me to go to med school. They know me better than myself. FML
Today, I failed my nursing clinical for, "being too nice". FML
Today, my PE teacher yelled at me for not trying hard enough in class. This my second week back after being in the hospital with a collapsed lung. FML
Today, my dad told me, in the form of a soliloquy, to have a better attitude about death and dying. I have terminal cancer. FML
Today, I tried to explain to my professor why I’d missed two classes. Even with a doctor’s note explaining my very serious health issues, she rolled her eyes and huffed, "Maybe if you’re ‘oh so sick,’ you should just drop out!” Gee, sorry for trying to improve my life through adversity. FML
Today, I realized just how bad my life had become when the doctor said I was likely to survive my severe case of Covid and I was disappointed. FML
Today, because of my life situation, I was told I'll have to have a colonoscopy without anesthesia. FML
Today, my classmate overheard me on the phone making an appointment at the women’s health center. The dumb bitch told everyone I was going to the clinic for STD treatment. I was scheduling my biopsy for a lump in my breast. FML
Today, my boss told me his cancer test results came back positive. I congratulated him and asked how he planned to celebrate. It turns out a positive cancer test result is a bad thing. FML
Today, my mother told me to 'quit having a pity party'. I was just diagnosed with depression. I've lost my boyfriend, my job, my academic standing, and I just got rejected from every graduate school I applied for. And my mother thinks I'm a cry baby. Great. FML
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millie14225 31
you need to talk to her, and tell her what is going on. good luck OP!
hunterluv1 20
That isn't easy news to take... hoping for the best OP
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0cg24 1
Typical nursing school reaction- don't let them get you down, OP! Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
suznmar 16
Sorry dude, but I'm a nurse... You need to be able to leave that shit at home and focus on the job. If you're not fully present someone could be seriously hurt or die because of your carelessness. And if you can't leave it at home then take the day off and stay home with it
edavis1993 12
you do know what nursing school is right?? like sick days dont exist & in maternity ypu dont do anything anyway. oh, I'll be home & out of clinical for 6 weeks because post-op abd incision and i cant lift anything over 20 lbs
GhostFox 34
You need to talk to the head of your division, and tell them about how inappropriately they treated you. Your clinical advisor has no right to speak to you that way, especially if they said it word for word. Especially since, as a student, you essentially pay their wages with tuition. If the head of that department doesn't do anything, you need to go to the dean, because otherwise this 'advisor' will take you not taking action as permission to further bully and harass you. They wouldn't talk to a patient like that, and if they would, it explains why they are stuck as a teacher, because their manners SUCK.
LibertyLife20 20
The best thing you can do is tell your clinical instructor what's going on! They are there to guide and support you :)
ale1139 20
I know how you feel due to personal experience... I wish you the best. Do not give up.
shonic 16
oh god no! hope you're ok
uhohitslisa2 20
Good luck, OP!
Jryan952015 7
That's what happens when you shove stuff in your back door.
LifeOfAnRN 18
I hope that you've gotten good news by now but nursing instructors tend to be vicious she-devils with no heart. I've always wondered how most of them became nurses but then again, they are not taking care of patients anymore. Hang in there. I graduated with a woman who was treated for breast/spinal cancer and she did it without telling them. She's also still going strong.
meatmaeta 21
Nursing school can be surprisingly hard.