mistymae22

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1. PICC in wrong place

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Nursing

   Patient got admitted with the PICC and had antibiotics given during outpatient the day before admission, through the PICC. It was in the physician notes. Last Chest Xray for it was the beginning of this month when it was first placed. I forgot exactl...

2. PICC in wrong place

   mistymae22 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I had a patient recently and I was giving blood through the PICC. I forgot to get an order for chest X-ray and to get doctor to verify PICC placement before continuing to use. When I went on shift the previous nurse was already using the PICC for...

3. Nervous in clinical, making mistakes!

   mistymae22 replied to nursingchick42's topic in General Students

   I know exactly what you are going through. I find myself making dumb mistakes too or even asking dumb questions to my preceptor, because she also makes me nervous sometimes. All I can say is to hang in there, ask questions if you don't know anything....

4. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

   Thanks bTrue and heartsgal: I'm luckily almost done. I thought for sure OB was gonna be my calling, but at least I know I don't wanna get into that when I graduate. For the most part, my preceptor is pretty patient with me but I don't think I'll be s...

5. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

   I never said I know it all. And I do take responsibility for what I don't know. I always ask questions, and sometimes, nurses get annoyed with that. I observe them, and sometimes, they get annoyed with that too. I never said they are stupid. I just s...

6. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

   Well I don't know how much more positive I can get. Like I've said before, I go there and I always offer help to them and I always smile at them. Btw, even when someone doesn't constantly smile at you like a robot, it doesn't mean they are negative. ...

7. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

   I understand that. On the more intense floors it gets pretty crazy, the workload. And that can explain why some nurses (not all) get easily irritated with students. My mom is a nurse and she also gets pretty impatient with students. But it's best to ...

8. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

   Brithoover: I will definitely remember to try to stay humble and patient always when I become experienced nurse! Because even the experienced nurse doesn't know everything.

9. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

   mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

   Well the difference is is that they are experienced nurses and I am not. If I don't know something, some give me a hard time about it, but they don't know other things either. And I wasn't attacking my preceptor, she did know what to do, but other nu...

10. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    Yah, I try to clean something and I always check on my patients and see if they need anything (: Then, I ask other nurses if they need help. Most of them don't take me up on my offer though. I just feel like such a bother to my preceptor though. I as...

11. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    Thanks! I'm almost done. 7 more clinical days to go on the unit! Next week, I'm going to do 3 days...so after that, I will have 4 more left. It goes by so quickly. It's also difficult when my preceptor looks at me like i'm a dummy for not knowing how...

12. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    Thanks VeronikaRN! I sounded quite negative on my first post. I should try being more positive. That's a trait of mine that I've been trying to work on. I haven't had all bad experiences. My main preceptor still lets me do things and the nurse I work...

13. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    mariebailey: You are right when you said that nurses don't owe students anything; however, these nursing students are going to be the future's nurses someday. You would think they want to build up good nurses for the future...

14. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    Well, you can't say it's all my fault 100% without even being there and seeing it yourself. I appreciate your honesty, but you blaming me 100% is uncalled for. Maybe I come across as a know it all student and that can be a turn off, but I always try ...

15. Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    mistymae22 replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    Maybe how I said things sounded like an attack on all nurses. I'm just reporting my experiences and what I saw on my unit. Like I said, I've worked on other units where the nurses do such outstanding work and they let me in their team! Such amazing t...