Loving Clinicals?

[Okhotneek]

So I'm in my second semester, family nursing and have been spending a lot of time in couplet care and newborn nursery.... I'm actually loving it! This semester has been a HUGE relief. I hated my first semester and seriously questioned if this was what I really wanted to do. If this semester turned out to be torture like the first, I really think I would have dropped out. Now, I'm sure I want to be an RN... just in time, cause I hear med-surg really sucks Anyone else ever unsure if this is what you really want to do?

[kiwilime81]

Well, this is my second year, second clinical in LTC. It is in the same NH as last semester so I at least had the advantage of knowing the residents, the place, and the instructor. That being said, I was not looking forward to this clinical and am just dying for it to be done - our next one is finally an acute care, hospital clinical. There just seems to be such an overwhelming load of work right now and all everyone keeps telling me is that this is a cake walk compared to third and fourth semester (for the Associate Degree Nursing program).

All that said, I am glad that I have gotten to do all kinds of interesting nursing things like passing meds, giving insulin and other injections, cathing, dressing changes, etc.