[CharliezAngie]

I have to talk to the new class who will be starting in the fall and i need something to talk about i wanted to start off with somethings you don't want to say to your clinical instructor. or some thing to break the ice anyone have any suggestions?

[mariedoreen]

Originally Posted by CharliezAngie

I have to talk to the new class who will be starting in the fall and i need something to talk about i wanted to start off with somethings you don't want to say to your clinical instructor. or some thing to break the ice anyone have any suggestions?

Another great icebreaker might be the "you know you're in nursing school when..." thread that's around here somewhere... it's hilarious!

[Audreyfay]

I Know, BUT. . .

Huh?

I can't.

I didn't have time.

This is too hard.

Will you do it for me?

I forgot.

I lost it.

For starters. Any excuse that a policeman would hear.

[cursenurse]

Originally Posted by Audreyfay

I Know, BUT. . .

Huh?

I can't.

I didn't have time.

This is too hard.

Will you do it for me?

I forgot.

I lost it.

For starters. Any excuse that a policeman would hear.

all of those are good. i would add, don't say that you are bored, or that the unit is boring, or that the work is easy. if you say any of those things you are are going to be the instructor's special project.

[RedSox33RN]

"I have nothing to do......"

(as a side note, I only know this because one woman in my clincal group said this.....often. And then wondered why she got bad evaluations!)

[Aneroo]

hehehe...Don't play pratical jokes on instructors (ok if you're brave). I was doing a week in the cardiac intensive care, and saw my instructor in the hallway. I had just finished doing post-mortum care with my nurse. I told my instructor I had just pulled an arterial line. You could see her face getting red, see that BP rising!!! I then started laughing, told her the client was dead. Her response: "Was he dead before or after you pulled it?" LOL Later on, she told me payback was hell. I told her the other day I spend the rest of nursing school fearing her revenge! -Andrea

[grinnurse]

Originally Posted by Aneroo

hehehe...Don't play pratical jokes on instructors (ok if you're brave). I was doing a week in the cardiac intensive care, and saw my instructor in the hallway. I had just finished doing post-mortum care with my nurse. I told my instructor I had just pulled an arterial line. You could see her face getting red, see that BP rising!!! I then started laughing, told her the client was dead. Her response: "Was he dead before or after you pulled it?" LOL Later on, she told me payback was hell. I told her the other day I spend the rest of nursing school fearing her revenge! -Andrea

That sounds like something I would do!!!!!!!!!!!

"Co-operate to Graduate" is a good motto for Nursing School when dealing with instructors!!

[Tweety]

Don't whine.....you know the nasal whine........"this patient is on too many drugs, how can I learn them all?"......"I stayed up all night doing care plans." Vent here and to your fellow students who care, don't get all nasal and whiney with your instructor.

Good luck to you.

[Sheri257]

One student in my clinical group asked the instructor if she could make fun of and mock an Alzheimer's patient. I'm not joking. Everybody looked at her with shock and total disbelief.

It seems obvious that it would be an incredibly stupid, not to mention horrible thing to say, much less think.

But I would put that on the list.

[crb613]

In my last clinical rotation we had a girl who told our instructor........... she was unorganized, her paperwork was too hard & it should be done like this. Also she told her the last instructor was much more organized & his paperwork was much easier & made more sense. Dumb De Dumb Dumb!!!! Needless to say she & our instructor became joined at the hip from that point on.