2BRN

Having just started my med-surg rotation, I can honestly say that this unit scares the hell out of me!! Prior rotations consisted of a pathway of care; you could pretty much count on a spectrum of routine care with minimal anomolies.. In med-surg, there is NO routine care!! Another thing is I don't think that med-surg is properly explained to nursing students and we aren't prepared for the chaos.. My first patient was to be an acute lady partsl bleed.. I thought, "No problem". No one bothered to tell me that she was completely immobile, suffering from dementia, extreme HTN, and a long list of other ailments.. My previous experiences went out of the window and I was back to feeling ill-prepared despite all of my research...I look at my 6-inch textbook that accompanies this rotation and wonder if I can do it.. I don't know where to begin!!! I have to write a 10 page paper explaining nursing interventions that focus on a med-surg topic...AAAAHHHH!! Where do I start? You guys do everything!!! There are SOOO many complete care patients and seemingly so little staff.. The nurses are so excited to have us there to help out because they are running around mad their entire shift!! Anyway, I hope this reply provides some insight.. After speaking with my classmates about this particular subject I can honestly say.."It's not that we hate med-surg, I think we are all terrified and a bit over-whelmed..." Thanks!

Having just started my med-surg rotation, I can honestly say that this unit scares the hell out of me!! Prior rotations consisted of a pathway of care; you could pretty much count on a spectrum of routine care with minimal anomolies.. In med-surg, there is NO routine care!! Another thing is I don't think that med-surg is properly explained to nursing students and we aren't prepared for the chaos.. My first patient was to be an acute lady partsl bleed.. I thought, "No problem". No one bothered to tell me that she was completely immobile, suffering from dementia, extreme HTN, and a long list of other ailments.. My previous experiences went out of the window and I was back to feeling ill-prepared despite all of my research...I look at my 6-inch textbook that accompanies this rotation and wonder if I can do it.. I don't know where to begin!!! I have to write a 10 page paper explaining nursing interventions that focus on a med-surg topic...AAAAHHHH!! Where do I start? You guys do everything!!! There are SOOO many complete care patients and seemingly so little staff.. The nurses are so excited to have us there to help out because they are running around mad their entire shift!! Anyway, I hope this reply provides some insight.. After speaking with my classmates about this particular subject I can honestly say.."It's not that we hate med-surg, I think we are all terrified and a bit over-whelmed..." Thanks!