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Hey y'all-
Today was my second day of clinicals, and I'm really, inexplicably, sad. Not about anything in particular, or any pt in particular. Just bummed, can't really think straight. There is chocolate involved. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it just a product of the overwhelming nature of the first few times in the hospital?
Thanks
Eliza
I feel that way every week. I usually eat junk food and mope around the house and sometimes even have a good cry for no reason in particular. I really do think you've just had this adrenaline rush all day and you crash. I think it's normal...I hope it is :) It goes away a day or two later.
Ginyer
I was so miserable my first clinical rotation I thought I was going to throw up every time I went in.Then I started feeling better and more at ease and moved on to my next clinical and felt the same way all over again. I think it's just, as one person said, being out of control, being overwhelmed, feeling like well this is it, this is what I'm actually going to be doing, no more books and reading about it, this is the real world. ACK! I think it'll be OK. There are a lot of us out there going through it. I have heard you get over it.
I think it is hard having everyone ask how school is going and having to put on a smiley face and say "great". You can't really discuss how you feel with family members because you were so excited to get in the program and that is all you talked about. You already paid alot of money to the school so you do'n't want to quit half way through. You aren't sure how you feel about it but "excited" is not the first word that comes to mind. Everyone else in the program seems to be really excited about it.
Glad to hear these are normal feelings.
I think it is hard having everyone ask how school is going and having to put on a smiley face and say "great". You can't really discuss how you feel with family members because you were so excited to get in the program and that is all you talked about. You already paid alot of money to the school so you do'n't want to quit half way through. You aren't sure how you feel about it but "excited" is not the first word that comes to mind. Everyone else in the program seems to be really excited about it.Glad to hear these are normal feelings.
I've polled the folks in my class, and EVERY ONE of them had a tough time after clinicals yesterday, and EVERY ONE felt like a freak. I'm actually sending the URL for this thread to a few of my closer friends.
Also, anyone else discomfited by effusive gratitude from pt's? We had one woman yesterday a little out of it on Percoset gushing and calling us her angels and sweethearts and we meant so much to her - and she nearly cried when we said we wouldn't be back till next week, and then only for a day. I wanted to run from the room in blind terror. Just my issue? Oh, okay then...
Also, anyone else discomfited by effusive gratitude from pt's? We had one woman yesterday a little out of it on Percoset gushing and calling us her angels and sweethearts and we meant so much to her - and she nearly cried when we said we wouldn't be back till next week, and then only for a day. I wanted to run from the room in blind terror. Just my issue? Oh, okay then...
B-U-Z-Z-E-D...
All joking aside, I think it is sweet that the lady cared so much about you all. Maybe you all felt useless as far as physical skills, but it is apparant that your caring skills are intact if you were able to make such an effect on a patient.
elizabells, BSN, RN
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Oh, did I mention that we started clinicals our second week of school? Yeah. The first day we basically sat and stared at our patients. :stone