Clinical bad day?!?!

[bmt0630]

Ok, heres my story. Im a senior RN student in my second Med Surg clinical rotation. On our 1st real day at clinicals his semester, this is what I got..take 4 patients and get to it!! I had no clue what to do...i was never oriented to the process of how things are done, where things were at NOTHING!! The nurse I was assigned to was no where to be found(which was totally annoying since i needed her badge to scan for EVERYTHING).My instructor looked at me crazy when I asked a question, and treated me like a moron! She had no clue how to do things but expected me to. My question is...did anyone elese have something like this happen to them..or am I just full of bad luck??

[EaglesWings21, ASN, RN]

You pushed meds as a student without your instructor or nurse present? That sounds illegal. Even with my instructor present in my program we don't do IV push meds. What if you pushed something and your patient had an allergic reaction or dysrhythmia? I might find a new program and report that one to the state BON.