I almost got kicked out of my program from ONE mistake!

Yeah thanks for the support. I still feel REALLY bad about it. But I guess writing this paper and missing my clinical experience will ensure that this never happens again.

Now the only thing I would have to work on is proving to my clinical instructor is that I am a still a competent student, despite that mistake.

Yeah thanks for the support. I still feel REALLY bad about it. But I guess writing this paper and missing my clinical experience will ensure that this never happens again.

Now the only thing I would have to work on is proving to my clinical instructor is that I am a still a competent student, despite that mistake.

If was ever in a spot to hire people, Id be offering you a job right now. Not many people can take licks like that and come out saying that it is my fault, i learned something from it, and now i want to be BETTER. Kudos to you

Sharing your story actually makes us all more vigilant about what we do in clinicals. I admire your honesty and professionalism about the whole thing.

It's real-life stories like this that MAKES me extra-careful. Thank you for sharing your story. It was a hard lesson learned. You're brave and you will do just fine.

You were actually pretty lucky. In my nursing schools students were kicked out of the program for leaving the room without the rails up.

That's funny how its different in different states - in IL, leaving the rails up is considered restraining the patient.

I was gonna say, thanks for sharing. I dont start clinicals until April, but I am hoping that I can learn from your mistakes.

I commend you for not trying to hide your mistake or putting the blame eslewhere:yeah:. I think you can actually use this as a "when I learned from a mistake" scenario. Learn from it and move on. Because of this, you will be a more diligent and careful nurse, I hope.

By the way, someone was kicked out of a program (not sure if it was a former student of my program or another program) for giving someone a rectal temp prob....orally.

You made a mistake, learned a valuable lesson, now MOVE ON! Don't let this get you down...you've still got a ways to go! CHIN UP AND GOOD LUCK!

I agree with the others, you made a mistake, and owned up to it! That is what's important. Nurses make mistakes everyday, some minor and others tragic. I completely understand how you feel. It is so exhausting going from school, studying, and then going to clinical on little sleep. You helped us not to make that mistake. I know how easy it is to do. There are so many times that my clinical instructor is so busy with everyone else and my patient needs pain meds, and I just want to give it to them, instead of waiting 45 minutes for her. I am sure as students we have all made mistakes one way or the other.

I am... they recommended I see someone in regards to getting diagnosed for ADD or ADHD, which I'm pretty sure I have.

That's pretty ridiculous, IMO. The truth is, everyone does make mistakes - even serious ones, like this one. In my first clinical I accidentally left a patient's chart in a common area while I went to use the bathroom. While I wasn't formally "punished," I had to have a long chat with my instructor and was definitely docked points. I ended up passing the clinical with a high B, but you'll bet I'll never make that mistake again. You're lucky that they gave you a second chance; chalk it up as a learning experience and try to move past it.

Quite honestly, you almost got kicked out and didnt....and that you owned your mistake and showed you learned from it very well may have been the deciding factor in that.....maybe it wasn't, but it could have been.

As for the ADD/ADHD thing, and everyone saying it is rediculous.....maybe it is IF it was said being based solely on this....but if these are instructors that have in class and clinicals for a while and have been around you a lot, and you even say you are pretty sure you have it, then it is worth seeing someone about it to try to determine if you do.

Personally I think that if you had ADD/ADHD you probably would have been diagnosed earlier in your life. If you think it could be a real possibility though, by all means talk with your physician.