AI Rate Professor

Nursing

Catherine Shaffer

NRSE246 · NE140 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.1/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid if you have any choice; students report a hostile nursing classroom with little instructional value.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHostile EnvironmentTough GraderCondescendingUnpredictable MoodsFear-Based Teaching
  • Reviews are almost uniformly extremely negative on tone and teaching quality.
  • Students describe belittling, hostile, and unpredictable classroom climate.
  • Grades can still be high, but the learning experience is widely called detestable.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Several students still received As, but tough grading, bias, and and unpredictable.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and poor instruction raise the real challenge.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Nearly every review marks attendance mandatory with .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

; every detailed review urges avoidance.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and claims that grades depend on whether she likes you.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and high-stakes nursing exam pressure despite weak lectures.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students describe condescending, hostile, fear-based teaching with little useful lecture content.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Exams and instructor judgment dominate; reviews of .

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person nursing students consistently describe a hostile, condescending instructor with , and fear-based interactions.

Main concern

Hostile tone, unpredictable moods, and biased or unfair evaluation.

What students said

“She is detestable. Definitely creates a hostile learning environment.”
NE140
“Always walking on eggshells when shes around.”
NRSE246
“I felt belittled and instruction felt fear-based.”
NE140

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams feel high-stakes and instructor-defined; students say reviews ignore textbook and evidence-based sources.

Tough GraderExam Reviews IneffectiveAttendance Critical

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as poorly reviewed and follow instructor preference over text and slides.

Strict examsIneffective exam reviewTough grader
“ with evidence from the class textbook... the answers to the exams are what the instructors feel”
NE140

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“She is detestable. Definitely creates a hostile learning environment. Condescending and rude.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 consistently negative in-person nursing reviews, highlighting hostility and poor instruction. Credibility rating: Medium.

☠️ Hostile Climate

8/100

“She is detestable. Definitely creates a hostile learning environment.”

😔 Belittling Tone

10/100

“Constantly makes students feel small and is always looking for a reason to get you in trouble.”

🚫

5/100

“NOPE.... Thank god that is over!”

📉 Poor Instruction

15/100

“Her lecture 1st semester nursing was NOT even a lecture... I learned nothing from her.”

Theme 1

😠 About Classroom Climate

  • I'm afraid of asking her questions and getting them wrong because she gives dirty looks.
  • Always walking on eggshells when shes around.
  • I felt belittled and instruction felt fear-based.

Theme 2

📉 About Teaching Quality

  • Poor instruction, a reflection of the program as a whole.
  • I learned nothing from her. .
  • She might be a good nurse (unlikely), but she is a heinous instructor.

Theme 3

⚖️

  • Biased and unfair, the grade you get will depend on whether or not she likes you.
  • the answers to the is correct in our text and class slides.

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

7 highly consistent negative reviews from 2012-2022 provide strong qualitative agreement despite modest sample size.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 56

Course coverage

NE1405 reviews
NRSE2462 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 4

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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