Giving Nursing Students a Taste of NICU

i forgot my main point in that post: that experience solidified my choice to become a nurse. but not just any nurse a NICU nurse !!

Thank you for the Nurses that have a positive attitude and are WANTING to help us nursing students. I am a level III student now, and when i was in Pedi, in Special Care, I had one nurse that pretty much made me feel like i was bothering her. I know you nurses have a routine to follow, and yes, we DO get dumped off by our teachers, but if we are 'allowed' to do certain things with just the watchful eye of a nurse, who takes the time to show us, believe me, it makes a WORLD of difference..and even if we dont 'say' it, we talk about our experience in post conference and talk about the awesome nurses that helped us with hands on stuff, and we are soooo excited to have experienced somthing new.
Yes, some students can be timid about stuff,(like me) and when we get the vibe from our nurse that they could care less if we are assigned to them, it makes it almost intimidating to ask the questions we have.

However, the opposite will occur , if we are 'timid' and we have a nurse that is like 'come over and see this/do this/can u help me by..." we LOVE that...yes, we may be nervous...but we WANT the experience. Sometimes, we just arent lucky enough to get it, or a nurse willing to help.

SO THANK YOU NURSES FOR SHOWING US THE WAY!! WE LOVE YOU GUYS !!