Landed a Student Nurse position at hospital......

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Specializes in diabetic wound care/podiatry.

Now what! I am thrilled, grateful, and excited to start this position. Where I live, the hospital hires student nurses to work as PCA's while also training in Foley, IV, meds, etc. I will be gaining invaluable experience that I do not always get in a clinical situation r/t too many students fighting for that "stick" :lol2:. As a RN, how do you feel about student nurses actually working on your floor? What can I do to help you while optimizing my experience and help to make sure I land that job when I graduate in May and pass NCLEX in June? ( And I WIIIIIILLLLL pass in June!!)

Thanks in advance for your responses! I am so excited to have obtained this position because the hospital my school is affiliated with has a really good retention rate of student nurses once they obtain their license.....

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Specializes in Medical Telemetry, SICU.

Hey really excited for you! I'm looking forward to get a similar position after I complete my first semester/year......

But this is a student forum, mostly other student nurses roam here. Maybe post in the General Nursing forum to get a responsive from an actual RN :)

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.

i have an interview for student nurse tech next week, im excited. I hope i get it! :)

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:lol2: good for you! but what actually do you do?
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Congratulations on the job! I'm in my last semester of nursing school and just started working as an ED tech and I love it. In just the short time since I've started, I've learned so much and have had a lot more patient contact and chances to use clinical skills than I ever did during school clinicals....starting IVs, inserting foleys, blood draws, ekg testing, etc.

My suggestion is to do anything and everything you can within the scope of your job description to make things easier for the nurses. They will appreciate it and you will learn so much even if all you are doing is standing there handing them supplies or holding up a leg or something. Just being around it really helps with learning. Good luck!

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