Patient's responses to students during clinical days

[QueenAnnissa]

Searching back a bit I didn't catch anything in reference to this, so I apologize if this was recently brought up...

In general, current and former nursing students, how have patients reacted to receiving care from nursing students?

[Everline]

Last semester (my first semester), all the patients were fine with having student nurses there. I don't think there were any exceptions to that. Now, some were tired and wanted to be left alone but that was directed at everyone, not student nurses in particular. Not one patient refused to receive meds from student nurses, including injections. We also got to put in foley catheters. It was a good semester as far as clinicals go.