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Would you hear bowel sounds in all four quadrants if a person had a colostomy? I guess would it depend on where the colostmy IS in the large intestine?? Please help! Thanks.

I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to repsond to my thread! I just finished this semester with flying colors!!! All of your encouraging words and nursing expertise helped me get through this semester, not to mention, the "tough" clinical instructor I unfortunately made the mistake of talking badly about! The instructor I was assigned to wasn't so bad after all. She was assertive, very very knowledgable, and made you do a lot of homework, which may have caused past students to negatively gossip about her and portray her as "mean" and also why I came to believe that she was just another "tough" clinical instructor I feel sooo much more confident because of this instructor's clinical knowledge, expertise, and persistent need for us to work hard and study. If it wasn't for all of your replies/responses within this form, I would not have read "between the lines" and noticed how much she wanted us to learn and understand. All of you sound like very compassionate nurses. I will never hesitate to ask another question on this forum. Best of luck to all of you in your nursing careers!! :wink2: Corinna Vancouver, BC

for sure... i am quite aware as i am a chinese-born canadian with parents with personality traits similar to her's. and i do understand that she is an instructor and needs to stand her ground and be assertive, especially when there are 8 other nursing students running around making mistakes and putting their patients lives at risk. i learned quite a bit from this instructor and developed quite a good back bone. and now that i think of it, she made all of us want and strive to learn. her motive was: "if you want to be taken seriously, you needed to be an ass" but there are also other instructors out there who have the whole entire complete package = friendly + motivating you to learn

For sure...

thanks guys for all of your encouraging words! my previous instructor also had a very strong Korean accent, making it just that much harder to understand her. and in terms of "military style", i meant that she would call you out in front of everyone (includ other students & nurses), if you didn't know, for example, the indication, action, or side effect of a drug from memory or how to hang an IV bag, even if it was the first time you did it in real, non-simulated life. but of course, you are expected to be prepared and know this stuff prior to coming on the floor - which was basically the only way you could avoid being grilled by her. but she was always so serious and barely ever lauged or smile. she was also rude to the RN's on the floor and questioned their motives. i feel much more accomplished as a nurse because of her strict instruction style, which will probably make it easier for me to deal with the lady i have now. I will just have to wait it out and see how bad this new instructor really is...i'm meeting her in less in 3 hours and *crossing* my fingers... Corinna

I have been placed at a hospital with ANOTHER tough clinical instructor - I haven't met her yet, but apparently she does it military style. My previous instructor was quite hard too, and although i learned a lot and worked my butt off to impress & please her, I found the semester VERY stressful. Grrr... i'm on an acute surgical ward this time. Right now, i'm in my 2nd year, 5th semester out of 10. Can anyone offer me advice on how to deal with this? I get stressed out really easily and seem to work less well when someone is YELLING at me. THanks for reading.