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Oct 23, 2009 09:30 AM

What are clinicals/lab and what do you do?


Can you tell me what Lab and Clinicals are and what you typically do?
I am currently just starting and I am in Human Anatomy I, and taking my CNA class. I already have Math, English, Psych, etc done. I will enter the RN program in Fall 2010.

Thanks for your help!
Robin


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from Chelle79
Old Oct 30, 2009, 03:40 AM

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Robin,
If you are talking in terms of nursing school, lab time at school is generally spent learning the skills you will need to learn to properly care for your patients. For instance, they will teach you how to do dressings, catheterizations, feeding tubes, wound care, etc. Clinical time is the time you will spend on a hospital unit. I am not sure how it will work for you but when I was a nursing student, we spent one day at the hospital during my first yr and two days there during my second year. This is where you will be under the guidance of an experienced RN learning how to out the skills you learned in lab to good use.

Good Luck with your schooling and your future nursing career. I hope that it is rewarding for you.
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from Hopeful3
Old Oct 30, 2009, 12:33 PM

Default Re: What are clinicals/lab and what do you do?
Thank you for your response! I have not known what to expect at all! I am currently taking pre-reques (Human Anatomy, Microbology, etc) and will enter the program in the Fall 2010.
Thanks again!
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