llb1228

This is the way nursing used to be

Yes, I got to pee before the end of my shift.

Another nurse or lna in there who has forgotten to shut off the call light.

I am amazed at the number of students on one unit and having the ability for them to take a 2 patient assignment. I am also amazed at the need to do all patient medications including IVP. Having only been out of the clinical instructing field for 2 years now things have either changed or we in the northeast have some catching up to do. I was not taught 20 years ago to do IVP meds until I took an IV course at my place of employment. That is still the thinking in the staff development office I work in presently. I am not sure what others are thinking about students giving IVP meds with or without their instructor present but it raises a red flag for me. I hope I am not out dated on this. Your load does seem extreme and wonder what the medication error data shows with nursing students and their instructors giving meds with this kind of load. This is a great topic and glad you asked the question about your load and the expectations to provide the instruction you describe. WOW your nursing students must rock after they graduate.