UNBC consistently supports the chair of UNBC’s School of Nursing, Martha
MacLeod, no matter what she and some of her faculty members do to nursing
students. UNBC officials turn a deaf ear
to the students' complaints unless the student's lawyer is involved. Since 2011 UNBC has forbidden students from
employing lawyers during the appeal process. Yet hiring a lawyer at one’s own expense was the only means by
which students could try to defend their rights at UNBC.
Here
is an example from my experience in UNBC's nursing program.
Sandra Barnes is a
registered nurse newly graduated from UNBC and previously my classmate in this
program. I encountered her when I took my last course needed to graduate, NURS
440 (community health nursing - practicum), and went to observe for a few hours in
a community health nursing clinic in Prince George. Sandra
Barnes was working there, and conducted herself quite unprofessionally toward
me. Several times Sandra Barnes showed
me her middle finger to express her personal hostility towards me and her
dislike of a new policy intended to improve nursing students' clinical/practicum
experiences. Ms. Barnes also expressed
very strong negative, aggressive feelings aimed at me personally and at student
nurses and doctors in general. This
happened in the reception area of the clinic, in the presence of another staff
member, and where, at any time, clients or the general public could walk in.
In
addition, this registered nurse started
to spread gossip about me all over health unit where my main practicum
placement was located. Sandra Barnes's
gossip came to the attention of my nursing team manager. She contacted me and also the instructor for
NURS 440, Khaldoun Aldiabat. Normally, it is the instructor’s
responsibility to resolve any problems between UNBC's nursing students and
staff at their practicum placements and represent UNBC's nursing students’
interest. Instead, Khaldoun Aldiabat told me to deal with this situation
myself. He also told my preceptor to
deal with her co-worker and defend me,
and to help me write for him a detailed report on the situation. Worse,
Khaldoun Aldiabat refused to take any action to defend me, or
even to attend a meeting which the manager of my nursing team had organised to
resolve the problem. Khaldoun Aldiabat
told me he was too busy attending various conferences and did not have the time
or desire to deal with my problems. I
wrote the requested report and submitted it to both Khaldoun Aldiabat and the
nursing team manager. Later Khaldoun Aldiabat
was forced by my preceptor and that nursing team manager to attend another
meeting regarding my situation.
Despite my request,
Sandra Barnes never did provide me with an apology for her unprofessional,
offensive and humiliating conduct towards me.
It is clear to me that nurses really do eat their young.
Here
is an example of how UNBC's instructor
Khaldoun Aldiabat communicated with me in NURS 440 (community health nursing - practicum)
about my experience with Sandra Barnes mentioned above.
To know more about how
UNBC has mistreated me, please follow this link
In Canada provincial governments granted a privilege
to universities (to fail students) but failed to protect students' rights and
interests. The result continues to be
many ruined lives.
HELP
UNBC: the
Worst Nursing School
Please help me get my nursing degree from UNBC, so I
can find a job and pay back my student debt.
You can sign my petition by clicking here.
Thank you for your support, and please pass this petition on to others to sign.
