vickie0117

I had been working as a nurse for 6 years when I was working in the ER. I had an elderly patient who was waiting to be transferred to the ICU. I had asked the nursing assistant to put the transport monitor on him, but she just put it in the room, the patient talked to her briefly. 30 minutes later the nurse who was doing the transport came in and went to see him and came out and said he was dead. I went in the room with the charge nurse and the doc and saw he had indeed passed away. I sat down on a stool and just cried, right in front of the doc and charge. Not because he had died, mind you, he had been very ill and appeared to have had an overdose of coumadin, bur because it had been a god awful night, and with his passing, there was just that much more to do. I have also cried in other situations, but this one will forever stand out in my mind, and I know there will be more. Hang in there. There is nothing wrong with crying, it is a great stress reliever.

Does anyone have ideas for post clinical conference for an ADN program. I kind of just went with whatever I could come up with with my last group of students, but would like something more structured this time around. I have a few ideas, but not exactly sure how to set them up at this time. If I can get through this week (2 days of post clinical, and I have something for one day), I will have spring break to get the last ones set up. I am new to this, so any help would be greatly appreciated Vickie

Hello, everyone. My name is Vickie and I am just beginning my career as a nursing instructor. I began in January with the new semester and am in an ADN program doing clinicals with last semester students. I started out with an ADN, and just completed my BSN in August. I am still waiting to see if I got into my Master's program to start in August of this year. I am enjoying this change, but am exhausted as this is a part time position of .66 with no benefits, so I am continueing to work at my hospital job at a .5. The stress has helped make me sick all winter. I am starting with my second group of students (they do 2 days a week times 4 weeks of clinicals, then go on to preceptorships), and am feeling more confident. I did not really get much, if any, orientation, and not one instructor does the same thing, so I have been flying by the seat of my pants thus far. It has gotten better though, and now I am sure that a full-time position would be great.