heather318

Thank you for a reply to my question! I started practicum and I'm having a blast so far! I've been soaking up all the knowledge provided by my preceptor and I'm trying to ask as many questions as I can!

My school has one.. It's pretty cool, except it's hard as a rock and difficult to spread your fingers in!!

I'm starting my senior practicum in L&D next week and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions about what to review ahead of time? If you've had students, what do you expect from them? I'm really excited about it, yet extremely nervous and any tips would be greatly appreciated!

This summer I'm working as a nurse tech doing 12 hour shifts in the Family Birthing Center.. I will be switching to nights next month and I was hoping someone share with me how they prepare for their shift. i.e. what times do you sleep before your shift.. how much/when do you sleep after your shift? My schedule is really random and the shifts are spaced about by a day or two each.. So any tips would be appreciated!!

We have had lectures about HIPAA. But it didn't address exactly what we as nurses are allowed to tell the patients as opposed to what the doctor should tell them.

First of all, I'm a nursing student... This is sort of a double question. What are nurses allowed to tell patients about their condition? Are we allowed to tell their spouses anything (i.e. for a patient that is not coherent). What are students allowed to tell the patients? One instance was when a patient asked about their lab values. Another was when the wife of a incapacitated patient asked about whether or not her husband still had sepsis. Short summary of my question, are certain things not appropriate for nurses to tell patients (i.e. is it the doctor's role?)

Thank you all for your rapid responses to my question. I was not the student that did this, but as we were discussing this, it seemed that everybody had different opinions and I was hoping to get some outside opinions!

We were having a discussion about this in clinical today and I was hoping to get some input.. I know that you should never recap a needle, but are there instances which are unavoidable and it must be done? i.e. if you just gave an IM injection in the deltoid closest to the window in the room and would have to walk around the bed and to the other side of the room to get to a sharps container? I know a lot of needles have safety devices that will cover the needle when done, but I'm talking about needles that do not have these devices.

Happened in simulation... She did not just try to do chest compressions with her hands COMPLETELY flat and halfway between the xiphoid and the belly button... (Another student in my group did this.. I'm just hoping that this was because it was simulation and everyone was scatter brained)

I am in my med/surg clinical this semester and there is a nurse on the floor that I'm on that seriously despises students. She will switch patients with the other nurses so that she doesn't have to work with students at all. She also makes it a point to let us know that she doesn't like students. People tell me to not take it personal when she is rude to me, but I can't help but feel incompetent and just plain stupid when she talks to me. I already feel incompetent enough by fumbling with pretty much everything and now I have this nurse that makes me feel even dumber! Any advice on how to deal with rude nurses as well as fumbling in clinical??