Feeling good

[cajam6]

I graduated in May of 2005, and received my licence in July. I've been working on a busy med-surg floor since then. Yesterday, we had clinical students from my nursing school. Two of the students were assigned to two of my patient's. The students had minimum clinical experience. I spent as much time as I could teaching them and answering their questions, and at the end of their stay, one of them came up to me and said," Thank-you for helping me with learning some skills today. I hope I get assigned to some of your patient's next week because you are such a good nurse." Wow, that really blewe me away, because I remember being a student, and wondering how I could take care of 4-5 patient's and still provide quality care. I emphasized that the technical aspects of nursing-IV"s, operating pumps, etc ,well skills develop in time. The most imporatant thing is good, SAFE, patient care-thorough assessments, good technique, good communication and listening to yur patients. Yesterday was a good day for me. Just wanted to share. Julie

[USA987, MSN, RN, NP]

That's awesome! Keep up the good work!

[rayofsunshine]

That's really great!!! As a new nursing student who's about to start clinicals soon, thank you too!!! I'm a little worried about how we will be received. Knowing that there are nurses who remember being in our position is great! Also, the addtitional help you gave is AWESOME!!!:)

[JentheRN05, RN]

That is awesome. I hope to shadow that experience on the floor I begin working on next week which is a teaching floor that has students every day of the week except weekends.