How do I feel better and less anxious about clinicals?

[MaryFutureRN]

I'm on my last year of nursing school. I'm used to being reprimanded by and then, but I learn from them a lot. I'm always always careful not to harm any patient or be negligent so I've never had issues with that.

Just that, my clinical instructor flipped out on me and to the whole group because I failed to do my nurse's notes for one patient.

And I had this impression that I do not care for the patient or is lazy or less confident.

That was very stupid though in my part.

She said she'll ask me to go home immediately if it happens again.

Sorry, just really down right now. I'm also the first person who upset her really bad (she just has this reputation for anger issues and excellency at the same time in the ward..)

Maybe she'll remember me forever and for the rest of the shift.

How do I really stop fuming over this incident? It just grits on my self-esteem (I know its my fault..) and I couldnt help.

Thankss.

[oceanblue52]

Clinical is stressful. You sound very conscientious, so no doubt you understand the repercussions of not charting on a patient, e.g. Physicians can't see trends to change orders, the next shift is left hanging, etc. The bright side of learning these mistakes is that they will now be seared into,your brain and you will likely never forget to chart again! These mistakes will make you a better R.N. And to be fair, R.N.'s make charting mistakes all the time in the "real" world. It happens, people make mistakes and then have to fix them. So learn from this, show your instructor your diligence in not making this mistake, and move forward :-)

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Clinicals suck. Just find a way to make it through.