*Her best friend is condescending!

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This morning was the case colloquium of our level 3 nursing students. The presenters were my former group, who were also handled by Ms. CC, afternoon shift, in medical ward. Because the presenters gave our manuscripts ahead of time, I told my colleague Miss CC that we both will make the rotation quiz of 20 items, and exclude HER BEST FRIEND, because she, Miss DLM did the rotation quiz of the previous case presenters alone, and we were disregarded. So I did 10 items. Miss CC was seated between me and Miss DLM. When I and Miss CC were conversing, Miss DLM took the sheet of paper where I wrote the 10 item-quiz I prepared. Without a word, she started to write her own set of questions. I immediately talked to her, asked her what she is writing, and she said, “I will put my questions here”. I told her in a firm voice that, “it is our turn now, because you excluded us in the previous case presentation, so please give me back that sheet”. My, oh, my! Miss CC’s BEST FRIEND is really condescending. Although we should act professionally, there are some times that I have to show my disgust, because I can’t sugar-coat my emotions. By the way, her questions were: ‘what date was the client admitted? What were the initials of the client?’ Does it have something to do with the advancement of knowledge of the students? The case presented was Congestive Heart Failure.