cumng
I'll probably get flamed for saying this; but nursing isn't easy and when you are caring for patients, there aren't any easy answers. No one will spoonfeed you the correct answers of how to care for a crashing patient before the docs get there; it's up to you to know how to assess and prevent further problems before they happen.
I know that nursing school is tough; but buckle down and study hard and you will get through it. This instructor may be doing you a favor by making you think about what you are studying and figure out what is pertinent and what isn't.
There isn't a Power Point in the world that will help you when you're an RN out on the floors with a full load of patients, trying to juggle everything (patients, families, MDs and schedules) hitting you at the same time.
I'm old (or "seasoned," if you prefer that term), and I remember spending WAY too much time in the library trying to find the answers for study questions that weren't even in our text books. Our instructors told us repeatedly that patients don't follow any sort of "average" or "normal" ideals; so we had to think of them as individuals and learn to think for ourselves.
To this day whenever I think about nursing school, it triggers memories of the musty old library smells from back then!
cumng
Some good thaughts comming at ya from all sides here kiddo, but in your deffence I will say this.
"Those who can, DO. While those who can't, TEACH."
I had an instructor from hell too. She spent two years in O.B. and thirty years teaching Parent/Child Nursing.
She worked with a relative of mine who refused to speek of her because of what was thaught of her on the floor.
"And thats all I've got to say about that." (Forest Gump)
"BECAUSE I SAID SO" IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON.
I had an instructor exactly like that. she would say we are adult learners so read and review everything. It is what it is.