I have been a Clinical Nursing Instructor for new BSN students for a couple of years. This is their first experience out of the lab after completing their skill evaluations. In the past my focus has been open ended communication as well as a full understanding of how to find patient information. This clinical is difficult for me as the students are not done with many of the classes needed for the higher level understanding of nursing. They aren't able to make care plans yet as that's next semester, and understanding medication is also difficult as pharm is next semester as well. My group is more like an introduction to nursing, becoming a CNA. I just want to give them a fulfilling experience and if anyone has ideas of something they had wished they learned early that would have helped them in school or out in their career I would love to hear it.
TIA!!