I Don't Know What to DO

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I'm 6 months away from graduating from nursing school. Yesterday my dad's old truck that I drive finally quit. I can't afford to get anything else. I don't have a way to get to my clinicals at this point. I am so worried, and I don't know what to do. The only thing I can do is pray that my classmates in my clinical group will let me ride with them. I hate this. Any advice?

16 hours ago, Ruby Vee said:

Good for you. I'm glad you've got it covered. When I went to school, yea those many years ago, the transmission fell out of my old clunker on the way home from clinical. I had many of my classmates offer me rides until I was able to purchase a different old clunker from the junk yard where I got the last one!

Glad to know I'm not the only one who has these issues, thank you!

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16 hours ago, Ani Talla said:

That's wonderful! Keep moving forward and don't look back!

Thank you! Next stop - graduation!

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Specializes in School nurse and geriatrics..

Yay.

One of life's little speed bumps negotiated successfully.

Best wishes on your last months of school and a long happy nurse life.

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Great that the classmate was able to help. I don't know how far you live from your clinical site but having uber/lyft on stand by in case a ride falls through might be a good backup.

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You got this! Do what you have to do get this done!

Best of luck to you!

15 years ago when I was in nursing school (with 3 babies at home) I bartended until 2am and was at clinicals at 6am. My gas and milk money depended on tips.

It was tuff- but worth it!

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

I'm glad you were able to secure a ride from a fellow student. I take it you don't live in an area with a robust public transportation system? You'll most likely need to get another working car at some point if not, but at least now you have a little time before you need to worry about that.

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On 1/22/2019 at 1:32 PM, missnursingstudent19 said:

I'll definitely make my clinical instructors aware of this if none of my classmates are willing to give me a ride, thanks!

I strongly recommend discussing this concern with your clinical instructor even though you found a fellow classmate willing to give you a ride. I’m glad you were able to make arrangements.

It may seem silly to discuss it with your instructor, but if anything were to happen ( example the person giving you a ride is late or does not attend a clinical) your instructor has already been aware of the issue and what measures you have taken. Your instructor may even have different suggestions to help arrange rides.

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