So.... I hate Crouse. I mean absolutely positively hate with a passion.
I have been going to school there for the last 2+ years. Getting in to the program was difficult enough.... but now 2 months from graduation, I am ready to tell them where to stick their stupid degree.
All of this came about over my CPR certification. My original certification expires on 8/31/11. I recertified on 8/11/11 and turned in my letter from the instructor to the school. They give you a letter statinig that you have passed the course and you are certified effective 8/11/11 and my new card is on the way. No problem. Oh- and did I mention that my original card doesn't expire until 8/31/11 anyway? Yeah.
I went Monday to pick up my ID from Upstate (this semester's rotation is at Community General, now owned by Upstate and began Wednesday). After an hour run around I make my way to the health office, they tell me I am not cleared. WTF does that mean? How do I get cleared. "Your school has to send us something". Something what? "A list with the students names who are cleared" Fine.
Ring ring. Hello (in my head #$*^%&*) school. My clinical starts Wednesday and Upstate is telling me I am not cleared. "We do not have your CPR card". I turned in my letter 2 weeks ago. "But we need your card" Since when? And when were you going to tell me this? I start clinical in 2 days.
Thank God my card came in the mail and I faxed it right over on Tuesday. There. I am "cleared" now please send Upstate my information. "Well that takes time". I don't have time, I start clinical tomorrow. Can I pick it up and hand deliver it to Upstate? "No". WTF. Why are you being difficult? "You should check with Upstate tomorrow". Fine, but did I mention that I start clinical tomorrow. Moron.
FFW to Wednesday. I call Upstate. Is my ID card able to be processed today? "Yes, come on over". I get there and after another hour run around, find myself at the health office. again. I am not "cleared". again. Now I am pissed and ready to lose it. Hello people, I start clinical in 3 hours and if I don't have an ID, I can't go. If I miss more than 1 clinical, I am kicked out of the program. I call the school. They don't give a rat's
@ss about my ID card and try to turn this on me with some bs lecture about turning in my card late. Did you miss the part about turning in my letter 2 weeks early? a-hole. "Well... there are 2 other people at Upstate who have to approve your clearance, then it goes to the health office" I ask for the names of the people at Upstate who need to approve my clearance. In lieu of a response to my email....
At 130 I receive a phone call from the director of the nursing school telling me that I cannot attend clinical.
1. Why are you even involved in this whole mess? Oh yes... most likely because one of your incompetant staff members probably whined to you about how I am being mean.
2. It is 130... which means I still have about 2 hours to fix your mess. Instead of telling me "no" right now... how about you just give me the names of these 2 mystery people at Upstate and I will contact them myself.
I replied to her voicemail with a less than friendly email (I want a paper trail on this nonsense). Probably not in my best interest, but at this point... I don't really care. I told her that I felt this situation was being handled inappropriately and I was planning to seek legal advice.
I was not able to attend clinical last night and was so out of my mind pissed off, I contacted a lawyer. I am done with their bs. If I do not have my ID card to-DAY and I am not able to attend clinical tonight... and as a result I am removed from the program without my degree, all hell will break loose. I have worked my butt off to get to this point... and to have them wreck it. I don't think so.
So... I wrote up a formal grievance and am debating whether or not to send it today. I am also waiting on a call back from the lawyer to see what, if anything, can be done.
And to think that Monday, I was certain that this was going to be a super awesome week. I just want to scream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!