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originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
Pretty sure no professor will be there when the patient needs immediate help. You either know what to do or you don't. Her having a break down shows me she is not ready to be a nurse.
It doesn't matter if she can do the job, that's completely irrelevant to the class and degree. But that she gets the same testing environment as everyone else is important. If someone needs to take a test away from others, the school doesn't get the right to also make that test more difficult on that person.
Again, from the article:
The lawsuit claims that during the final, Burbella tried to call Tomkins on her cell phone to ask questions but she never answered.
If she had questions to ask and the instructor was available for others to ask questions during the exam but wasn't answering hers it's an unfair testing environment and she has an actual case.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: Aazadan
You think someone that can't pass the board will get a job teaching nurses? With no experience? 0% chance.
originally posted by: WarminIndy
What's this nutty idea about asking questions in a test? Is this a new phenomenon?
Hold up here.....the FINAL?????
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: DYepes
There are people who would get an A if alone, and fail if in a room full of people. I think these people do need some special accommodations.
With that said, there are several fields where I personally believe it should never be done, nursing is one of them. The law is the law, I am just of the mind this University did cater to her, she still failed, and had a meltdown. The only one to blame is her, my opinion.
originally posted by: Aazadan
It depends on the school. My field isn't nursing but I've seen other fields where the students graduated and then went right back into the university system to teach. Ultimately however, I don't really care if she can pass the board or get hired as a nurse, I don't really even care if she passes her final. She does however have a right to take that test in a non discriminatory atmosphere.
There are four walls/planes with normals facing inwards that make up a trash compacting room that resembles a semi rectangular shape
originally posted by: IntastellaBurst
a reply to: Spider879
how do you accomodate anxiety and depression ???
..... on a similar note, I hope she becomes a nurse, to see a mentaly retarded person make it that far would be inspiring.
originally posted by: hutch622
As someone who has suffered from panic attacks i am torn with this .Panic attacks are real , i only wish that everybody had at least one in a controlled environment . I can tell you if they did their opinions would change real quick . That being said , never once did they hurt me physically and not once did i do anything that those around me would have thought strange . Perhaps i was lucky , perhaps i was only having mild attacks and if that is so i really feel for anyone suffering worse . I cant imagine it being worse . That being said i kept my job , a very high risk job and i felt overwhelmed i would make an excuse to have alone time , toilet breaks are great for that . But and a big But i never ever underperformed when the s hit the fan , in fact in most cases i over performed . You see a crisis helped take me away from that bad place my mind was in , very quickly i might add . Could she be a good , no a great nurse , i dont know . Should she get help with her tests , i dont know . But she has ambitions to be a better person , dont take that away from her .
On to the next 4 years being mentally healthy , sort of . LOL .
I will never forget where i have been though .
originally posted by: hutch622
a reply to: WarminIndy
One in 5 people have or will have mental issues , you have most likely already been treated by one of them .