the problems i face on my first hospital attachment as student nurse

[pronto89]

I'm a male student nurse and currently i'm on my first hospital attachment attached to two rooms of surgical ward doing pre and post operative patients with 15 patients that i need to attend to.

like any other students,i'm eager and equipped with the knowledge and skills to perform my duties given.

So here's my problem.i'm attached with a partner throughout my attachment in the ward.He has seen the way i handle and carry out my task as instructed by the RN and at the end of today,my lecturer gave a review about me saying that i'm a bit lost while doing my rounds and tend to skip steps when i'm handling a case or procedures which she only observes from far.

Furthermore she added that i'm always missing and it's hard for her to understand what i was doing or things that was done by me and like i said previously,she thinks that i'm taking a short cut to faster managed my tasks.It may seem that I'm missing in action,but in actual fact,i'm always behind the curtain attending to the patient's needs or helping a patient to the toilet.

I'm doing what i can to be friendly and communicative towards the patients and meet the requirements of the patients,but that isnt what my lecturer is seeing in me.I'm rather disappointed in my lecturer for not seeing things that i'm capable of.

Besides all that,she compared me with my partner saying that my friend isnt that smart but she's comfortable at the pace he's going and as for me,she said i know stuffs academically well and thinking that i can outsmart her.She said infront of usand questioned,"If i'm the management,who would i rather groom to be an enrolled nurse?Of course him(referring to my partner) because he's willing to learn and has the passion to be a nurse".

is there anyone out there who can give any advice to overcome and change my lecturer's perspective about me?

[umbdude, MSN, APRN]

Ask your lecturer directly without being defensive. Only he could give you specific steps on how to change his perception about you.

[rubato, ASN, RN]

It's tough when you are being compared to your counterparts. I don't like that your instructor did that. However, you need to take what she said to heart. She knows more than you do and you may, very likely, being skipping steps that are important to her. It would be a good idea to set up a private time with her to discuss what recommendations she has for you. She may be very receptive to sharing ways in which you can improve. Good luck and don't worry. We are all pretty incompetent as students.