I'm an excellent student academically...but these clinicals have me in tears! Twice a week I go to get berated by nurses who don't want to get stuck with students. Esp one as green as me.
I mean...I know NOTHING about actual nursing. Went into school as a photographer. I graduate as an RN in December. But, I feel so stupid at the hospital. If I had it to do all over, I'd be an LPN first...but who knew?
I spend all week dreading it. Want to hide in the broom closet. So tired of nurses acting like I should know it all by now.
I offer to help any way I can, turn patients etc. but I just don't know...I really do look forward to the day I get to be the nurse with a student. I will be sooo nice.
In the meantime, how do I survive this??? HELP! I'm tired of being embarrassed. I didn't want that saying, "Nurses eat their young" to be true....
You totally deserve a nice vacation after all these semesters! Relax and pamper yourself~ :balloons:
I'm fresh and green here too (still a student nurse). I've always found it much easier to deal with textbooks and tests than to actually doing hands-on skills. I guess I've been well trained to be a good test-taker. I could pass skills test and perform a perfect procedure with no problem while in school. But once I get to the floor and need to perform the same procedure, I become clumsy (forgetting what supply to get and etc).
So I try to shadow nurses around (if they allow) and learn how they do thing. When I think I'm ready with certain skills, I would offer my help and do it for them with their other patients (they truly would appreciate it).
Practice makes it perfect, so don't give up. I believe the skills would come around in no time. :)
C'wing
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You totally deserve a nice vacation after all these semesters! Relax and pamper yourself~ :balloons:
I'm fresh and green here too (still a student nurse). I've always found it much easier to deal with textbooks and tests than to actually doing hands-on skills. I guess I've been well trained to be a good test-taker. I could pass skills test and perform a perfect procedure with no problem while in school. But once I get to the floor and need to perform the same procedure, I become clumsy (forgetting what supply to get and etc).
So I try to shadow nurses around (if they allow) and learn how they do thing. When I think I'm ready with certain skills, I would offer my help and do it for them with their other patients (they truly would appreciate it).
Practice makes it perfect, so don't give up. I believe the skills would come around in no time. :)