I previously failed my first clinical. My classroom and paper grades were excellent! My clinical instructor lied about everything! Not one other student stood up for me. I had two doctors who said...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
Do not give up! I had no problem getting into another program; in fact, I applied to three, and was accepted by all. I was more selective with my next choice in programs. Do everything you can, and...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
Hello all - I chose another school awhile back - I'm graduating May 15. Getting into another program was no problem - my grades were good, and the credits transferred. It's impossible to keep me down...
Oh, wow... I hit a bone! I was injecting an older, thin lady with 0.5mL pneumococcal vaccine IM in deltoid. I used a #23, 1 inch. needle. After seeing the client, my instructor told me to insert 1/2...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
Straying a bit... but, why don't they teach us how it's done in the "real world," instead of by the book? I prefer the book myself, but someone will always say "that's not how it's done in the real...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
The instructor should have asked me what other site would have been more suitable, with more muscle, for that particular client. Otherwise, she should have instructed me to get a shorter needle. That...
breakin_moon replied to OLOLstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing
Wow! Sounds bad. Have you tried Zoloft? And yes, you can enter another nursing program. If the school goes on a points system, you can get all of your general stuff out of the way (microbiology,...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
My patient was in the process of having a BM. I performed an accessment when she had finished. All of the charting was done on the computer. Unfortunately, when I mentioned the charting at the...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
Thank you. I did have a hearing. The director of the nursing program told me that it wouldn't matter who I brought in to testify on my behalf - they always go with the instructors last say. I did get...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
My final grade WAS purely subjective. None of my procedures performed, injections/meds. administered, paperwork, careplans, case studies, Fundamentals class - which I had an A in, labs (completed and...
breakin_moon replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
Wow, I typed all of it out and it's gone!! (I don't know how to do this.) The clinical instructor said that I didn't know how to do vitals (I made an A in my CNA class - I have been doing vitals for a...