Anyone else feel like they got "shafted" in clinicals?

[forgop]

I'm in my 2nd semester in an accelerated program. I'm the only male in a group of 7 students for our summer rotation of Med/Surg II, Peds, and Maternity. I was literally the "odd man out" when it came to patient assignments the entire summer and put in less favorable experiences. For example, I have classmates who have had 3 births while I've just managed 1 because they would be assigned to the L&D patients most likely to deliver early in the day.

When it came to signing up in the fall, I signed up for a different group that will be 8 people, 4 of which are guys so I won't get screwed like this again.

[PacoUSA, BSN, RN]

I still have a lot anxiety about my OB clinical this summer. Really not looking forward to it just want it to be over with. Its weird because its not something I thought about going into Nursing school and definitely NOT something I would ever consider specializing in but guess just have to somehow survive it to go to next year and closer to graduating

The OB unit where I did my clinical was not exactly the most pleasant unit to learn in. Nurses there had issues. Anyway, I had another male nursing student in my clinical group, that made it a tad more bearable, especially when they had paired us up in everything we did: mother/baby, L&D, and nursery/NICU. That kind of presence made the estrogenic experience all that more bearable. I also had a most awesome clinical instructor, so that helped too. But in your case, if you can find another male student to join your group, that might assuage your anxiety a bit.

[ImKosher]

first off...do you really want to do maternity? Females flock to that job for a reason, ya you missed on an experience, but go to youtube.com and enjoy the wonders of life that way. As the only guy in my clinical in my ped's rotation I just got teenagers, which worked out since the floor was dead and someone donated an xbox 360 to the floor. Yes, I spent my entire ped's clinical playing xbox for 12 hours. The girls took care of the babies but other than changing diapers they did nothing else. 80% of the floor was discharged by noon and in the end I was the only one left with something to do.

Win. May even add in epic. God job brother.