Cure said:How are your grades?
Night Fly said:Okay...I knew it wasn't going to be good.
First of all...not only was SHE in there, but also my clinical professor. I had missed clinicals for the past two weeks because I was sick....like laying in my bed/house and doing absolutely nothing sick. I thought I had mono and had told my clinical professor that my test was negative...but explained the symptoms to him and he told me that I probably had it.
Anyway, just to get things straight...my clinical professor is male and my class professor is female.
You know...I really didn't think I was doing anything wrong. I thought that I did everything the right way. I had 2 doctors excuses one for each week that I missed. My professor said that I didn't get those in to her in time...and I told her that I thought I needed to get them to MY clinical professor...and she wasn't him.
She then proceeded to degrade me. Told me how important this semesters clinicals was and how I had missed 2 out of the 12 weeks. She said that even though I had a doc's excuse, it was still up to her and John whether or not it was excused. (2 unexcused means I've failed the semester). I told her how I had been sick, my grandfather had almost died twice, how my dad had to have surgery, how I found a lump in my breast, how I hadn't had my period in 3 months...all because of stress. I then told her how I wasn't expecting her sympathy...and she said..."Well, that's just life, Dawn."
Well, no shit sherlock.
Anyway, I'm freaking out because if they decide to fail me...guess what? I'm out of nursing school for good. I only have ONE semester left and was supposed to graduate in MAY!!!! She said that she and John had to discuss this without me and that they were going to call and verify that I was at the doc's office b/c my excuses were turned in too late!!!
I don't know what to do. I'm really really scared...and have cried more today than I have in the past year, I think.
FLASHMAN1 said:
Wow, I don't use this word often, but what a CUNT!!!!! Let me put it to you this way, I'm no lawyer, but I'd say you already have a decent base for a harassment/unfair treatment lawsuit. The fact that you have a doc's excuse should show that you weren't lying. As far as her cold, shitty "that's life" comment, that is just more fuel to the fire. Tell you what, if they decide to fail you out because of this, get a lawyer, and go to the Dean of Students, and/or the head of the school. Colleges HATE lawsuits, and odds are they'll back off if threatened with legal action... Does this woman not like you??? WTF is her problem???
Zebo said:Let them know that they're not doing you any favors....you PAY them.
She's on a power trip....I see it everyday. Call her bluff. Do your homework and find out the rules and quote them to her verbatim.
Oh and use the words "PAID registrant" and "taxpayer"....
Good luck......
Ffactor said:... and the media
TEXgrl said:so, when are they going to let you know something?
ZenMachine said:She probably has some really heavy stuff she needs moved.
Don't think about giving up, you're so close! AND you are RIGHT! If you are really worried, I would do two things for sure.Night Fly said:Silent Method...I truly hope that you are right. I would be devestated if I got kicked out of nursing school with only one semester left. I know this is my calling and it's what I want to do, but if they fail me....I will never go back to nursing school.
Sounds good in the narrow regard to bad "teachers," but in reality that's not a very clever statment.Those that can....DO. Those that can't.....TEACH.
Silent Method said:
Sounds good in the narrow regard to bad "teachers," but in reality that's not a very clever statment.
IanStuart said:Why in the hell did you miss 2 weeks of school? Those are poor excusses. I had mono just a few months ago, plus a shit load of other things happen to me and I STILL made it to school. With my case the tests for mono came back POSITIVE by the way. Maybe you are not cut out to be a nurse. The general rule of thumb for college students is that if you CAN be there you WILL be there. Unless you are held at gun point or your legs are broken you peal your sick ass off the bed and drag your miserable, wishing you where dead, self to college and be there.
p.s. Knock off the pitty part, it wont work in nursing school and it won't work in real life.
IanStuart said:Why in the hell did you miss 2 weeks of school? Those are poor excusses. I had mono just a few months ago, plus a shit load of other things happen to me and I STILL made it to school. With my case the tests for mono came back POSITIVE by the way. Maybe you are not cut out to be a nurse. The general rule of thumb for college students is that if you CAN be there you WILL be there. Unless you are held at gun point or your legs are broken you peal your sick ass off the bed and drag your miserable, wishing you where dead, self to college and be there.
p.s. Knock off the pitty part, it wont work in nursing school and it won't work in real life.
Baby Gorilla said:Those that can....DO. Those that can't.....TEACH.
This lady might know her nursing in the technical area, but I'd bet she wouldn't last 3 months in any actual job with her "bedside manner."
Actually, no. Good question, though. I had the flu shot on Oct. 11. I don't think this was even related. I could be wrong, though.Testosterone boy said:I'm just curious here. Did you get sick about a week after a flu shot? Serious question here.![]()
Night Fly said:
Actually, no. Good question, though. I had the flu shot on Oct. 11. I don't think this was even related. I could be wrong, though.
Night Fly said:Good point, Test Boy.
I honestly think that's pretty sad.

Ffactor said:Another serious question, there is a heart disorder where the blood flow from one ventricle to the other is affected due to a hole, the symptoms are a high resting pulse rate, poor cardio performance and light headedness. Do you know what the medical terminology for this is?
Zebo said:Good news!
Lay low for two weeks and get the hell outta there. It wouldn't hurt to discreetly ask your other professor for updates and insights.
This woman sounds like the kind that could jump up and bite you in the ass at the last minute.
Don't let your guard down.
I really hope everything works out. (If it does you can work it back in.) Sorry, old joke.......

Night Fly said:
You could be talking about a ventricular septal defect. That is where there is a hole between the ventricles of the heart where there normally is not one. Normally, the blood flows from the right atria to the right ventricle...then to the left atria and the left ventricle.
With this heart disease, instead of all of the blood going from the left ventricle into the aorta, some of it flows into the right ventricle because of a hole between the two. This causes oxygenated blood to be mixed with deoxygenated blood in the pulmonary artery.
The symptoms that you gave are very common symptoms for most heart defects.
With VSD, you can hear a characteristic murmur when listening to the heart.
Ffactor said:
Is there another abbreviated name for this like ABS/ASB or a shunt. Does it require surgery to fix?
Night Fly said:
You mean an atrial bilateral shunt? This does require surgery and is used to redirect the blood flow of the heart when it is not going to the right place.
No problem! Good luck with itFfactor said:
Thank you very much. I suspect I might have this problem. I will find out for sure next week.
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