Western Kentucky University / W / Deborah Williams

Unless you just hate mental health.... this class will be EASY. Some of the other posts for her are WAY off. She was really nice.... you might first think she's gonna be mean by looking at her but she is super sweet.

Buy the computer program thing and the tests will be easy. Many questions come straight from the example test questions on her program..... by the way she wrote the program so I mean she should make her tests from those anyway. I never used the book.... you can probably do without it or go halfers with someone on it if your anal about that kind of thing. The computer program is MUCH more helpful though.

The clinical was easy... not much to it. Give morning meds, and talk with patient or go to group with the patient. Give diagnosis and do care plan. It's much easier than med surg clinical because most of these patients aren't your "sicker" patients.

Also you have to go to an AA meeting or an NA meeting. I went to an AA meeting but I know people who didn't even go and wrote a paper about going just by talking to people who did go and completely passed with that. You also have to read a book and do an anlysis. We read A Child Called It.

Overall good teacher... easy class.

PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THE OTHER BAD COMMENTS!!! I KNOW SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS AND THEY JUST DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE IN CLASS!!!

This teacher is great! I almost made an A, and prolly alot of people did from my class. I just happened to wait until the night before the test to study, which you shouldn't do, but you already know that.

Anyway, she offered extra credit and the little program thing has alot of the test questions on it, if you just do it then you'll be fine. I didn't use the book very much at all. Actually, the only time I ised it was to study for the final, but you can be the judge of that.

But overall for 2nd semester, she is awsome! Don't freak out about the other bad comments. Not true from my classes perspective.

After reading other reviews left for Dr. Williams, I found it hard to believe that we were talking about the same person. Dr. Williams is not a bad teacher by any means. During lectures she gives the "hey I'm a mean b*tch" look but if you talk to her she is really nice. If she can not answer any questions that you have in class she will find the answer and promptly email it to you. The reason I think she has been getting so many bad reviews is because until now her computer program that is required for the course was still in the testing phase and previous students weren't required to buy it. This semester was the first time that she required all her students to purchase it. About half of the exam questions come directly from that program so I would recommend splitting the cost with a friend and studying it together. Other than that, just pay attention in lecture and jot down a few notes. I don't even recall using the text and somehow I still managed to pull an A out of the course (and I can assure you that I am not an above average student). Hope I provided useful information. Just relax, try to disregard her poor reviews, and good luck to you.

Dr. Williams is THE WORST teacher I have had at Western. I have never taken a class where I felt more stupid. My class was put into the situation where we were placed with seniors. The junior class was made to feel inferior everytime we went to class. She would barely acknowlege that we were there. This is the first class that I have taken at Western where I felt distanced from the class, the juniors had no say at all!!! Her test are the worst!!!! I cannot even begin to tell you how bad her tests are!! On each question there were at least 2 answers that were perfectly correct, BUT you had to pick what she was thinking and that's not always easy. For example, for our second test, I paid a lot of attention to what she said and I wrote down everything I could. Then when I went back over my notes, she had said one thing that you should do in a situation, then said another. THEN she put BOTH on the test and expected us to choose. She doesn't curve, and no matter if everyone missed the same question, she still won't give you the question. When you ask her to explain the question and why one answer is correct but not the other, all she says is "this is what you would do." She pushes you to buy her program, but don't! It doesn't help, don't waste your money. She will not help you out with any of the material, even if you stop by her office. I honestly don't know how I got an A out of that class!! I understand that nursing school is difficult, but there is no reason for a teacher to try to fail every student that walks in the classroom. I am really upset that a school like Western would keep a teacher that gets so many terrible evaluations. I know that nursing instructors are difficult to find but they need to do something. The best advice I can give you is to take good notes, write down everything she says even the little things, and study your notes over and over again, and don't get too stressed out. No one does well in her class.

Deborah is by far the worst teacher I have ever experienced at Western. Her class alone screwed up my 4.0 in nursing. And she doesn't get it. You can ask her to back up her answers, but the answers are opinion based. The most help you will get is her telling you to say "I can do this" every night before you go to bed.

This is possibly the WORST class I have experienced since becoming a Western student. This teacher has no idea how to test. Her tests are VERY POORLY constructed and if you try to talk to her about it she just brushes you off by saying "you can do this" without any real help or explanations. She picks the answers to her tests depending on what mood she is in. There are always two answers that could be PERFECTLY CORRECT, so basically you have to try and guess her opinion on the test. Half the class could get a question wrong and she still wouldn't give you the point back. She is nice, but the class is AWFUL. My class complains and every class before me has complained about it. One person warned me about the class a long time ago, too bad instructors haven't changed since then. You would think with the feedback she gets about the tests that alternative assignments would be available, OR SHE WOULD JUST FIX THE TESTS! Good luck.....