# I'm having issues with my instructor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-issues-with-my-instructor/650688>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 18, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-issues-with-my-instructor/650688 "2013-02-18T12:58:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-issues-with-my-instructor/650688/21 "2013-02-18T22:54:47Z")

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Good point. As a Nurse, I have to treat my patients every need, both verbal and non-verbal. Here I was reporting a problem with no recommendation of my own or even inquiry as to how to treat it.

I could have simply said, “Mrs. , my patient reported nausea, what can we do to treat this?”

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-issues-with-my-instructor/650688/22 "2013-02-19T13:46:04Z")

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> [@panaccione](#):
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> Good point. As a Nurse, I have to treat my patients every need, both verbal and non-verbal. Here I was reporting a problem with no recommendation of my own or even inquiry as to how to treat it.
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> I could have simply said, “Mrs. , my patient reported nausea, what can we do to treat this?”

No, I disagree with that approach, because again, it implies that you don’t know what to do to treat nausea. I liked the approach mentioned above: “PT reported nausea, I have PRN orders here, but doc didn’t say anything. Should I give treatment?”

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-issues-with-my-instructor/650688/23 "2013-02-19T17:06:54Z")

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Now that everyone else is done, I want to say I think you’re crazy for going into nursing. 🙂 But I’m sure you’ll do fine, you have a good heart. Good luck!

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