Nurse shadowing

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Mar 15, 2004

Has anyone here ever shadowed a nurse?
I'd appreciate any information on this that you can give me.

Yes, I've shadowed a nurse before, but it was something set up through my school. I know this doesn't help you. Sorry. I think calling the hospital would be a good idea, or maybe talk to your nursing program about it.

sleepymom · Mar 15, 2004

Yes, I've shadowed a nurse before, but it was something set up through my school. I know this doesn't help you. Sorry. I think calling the hospital would be a good idea, or maybe talk to your nursing program about it.

Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely call the school and see if I can get something worked out.

edogs334 · Mar 15, 2004

If you're currently in RN school, contact one or more of your instructors. I am a college student who will (hopefully) graduate with a BA in psych in spring 2005 and plan on going ot RN school afterwards. I wanted to see 1st hand what it might be like to be a nurse for 8 hours, so I contacted the Human Resources dept of one of the local hospitals in my area (the Mass. General in Boston MA) and they set me up with nurse to shadow on a medical floor. It was great. I learned a lot and I highly recommend doing something like this to anyone who is considering the field of nursing.

Ian

NICUbabyRN · Mar 18, 2004

A few classmates of mine shadowed. It was just before we graduated. They contacted the hospital, human resources deptment, in which they wanted to work.

sleepymom · Mar 18, 2004

I'm waiting on a call back from a hospital that has a nurse shadowing program. One of the other hospitals doesn't do it at all due to legal reasons, which I can understand I suppose.