Have you been nurtured by an instructor?

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

Well, there are many commonalities of nursing and motherhood: caring for others, putting others ahead of self; well you guys know all that. As you move forward in your nursing careers you might realize it even more. Nurturing is a part of what we do whether we are male or female. Have you been nurtured by an instructor? Tell us....

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Specializes in kids.

Yup...maybe not clinically so much as emotionally. An unintended pregnancy in my JR year left me doing clinical through my 5th month. My instructors lent me their books, lent me a maternity uniform (back in the day when we wore white everything), and kicked my butt to get through my BSN! I took the 5 year plan. They then allowed me to clinical relatively close to home vs. traveling an our away.

Forever grateful! (and that was 33 years ago!!) :yes:

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Definitely yes. A lot of clinicals are about building confidence in yourself at the bedside, and learning how to interact with people once they become a patient. There's almost nothing that can do this more than encouragement from a clinical instructor.

As a brand new grad, I feel like I was able to shed my "newbie" label well before many of the other new nurses I was hired with, because I was able to interact confidently with doctors, other nurses, and my patients...not that I didn't make some mistakes, and didn't ask a lot of questions. Anyway, I think a large part of that was because one particular instructor helped me really feel that being a good nurse was something I could do, not something I would never amount to.

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Specializes in CVICU.

Absolutely. I have actually yet to encounter a nursing instructor who is the stereotypical witch. *knock on wood*

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