Can you please school me?

[trauma_lama]

Hey nurses, silly question but I wanted to ask...we have a bedside assessment practicum tomorrow. When I have my sheet with me, I don't forget any details. But we will be tested without any sheet available...and I really have trouble remembering every part of the assessment. I will run through it practicing or in my head and get to the end and find a few things I missed. I took the school's assessment worksheet and kind of "re-ordered" it, like made it my own and rearranged it into an order that makes more sense in my head. BUT IT'S STILL NOT STICKING! And practicum tomorrow aside, I'm having the hardest time making assessments seem/feel natural with patients in clinical . I feel so frustrated! I'm so good with people and communication and studying, but when it comes to executing a simple assessment, I am a blathering stuttering idiot who looks like she's never seen a pt in her life. I'm feelin' like a loser today. Any wisdom?

[trauma_lama, BSN]

I did it, and I did it WELL!! I didn't miss ONE LITTLE DETAIL!! Got every little thing checked off, and best of all, I had some "flow" (i.e. I wasn't an awkward "nurse-bot" like I was in clinical yesterday, ). Aside from feeling excited that I passed practicum, I feel even more excited that I will be more natural, comfortable and confident next week in clinical. Thanks again for all your tips and support, it means the world to me. :redpinkhe