NICURN22

I agree with melissaplexy. Also, if you do a preceptorship/practicum make sure you get in good with the staff and speak with the nurse manager of that unit about working there after grad. This is going to be the time where they are really going to see your skills and get feedback on you because it's more than just one rotation on a particular floor and they can really get to know you. This is how I was hired.

well last week i had my first skills lab and we practiced taking blood pressure, radial pulse, and respirations. I was so nervous that I was actually going to have to touch someone! (i know it sounds so stupid). I told my partner when we started that my hands were a little sweaty and I was sorry and she didn't seam to mind too much (at least to my face lol). my fear is that people are going to find out and not want to be partners with me.. as childish as this sounds...or that they will think im some kind of freak. I think this is going to be the hardest thing for me..getting over not wanting to touch someone because of my sweaty hands, but i know its going to have to happen! still haven't had a talk with my professors yet, but i'm working up the nerve. I am going to a dermatologist soon that is suppose to treat hyperhidrosis, so for everyone else that has it, I will keep you all informed if there is anything new that seems to work better than the usual medications. KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED!

Wow! Thanks everyone for the responses! I really needed them, they gave me a little boost to continue through the program. I think I am going to talk to my professor about maybe wearing some gloves when I am performing assessments so I am not so concentrated on my sweaty palms and can focus on the actual assessment. Its really hard for me to "calm myself down" when I get nervous. The more I think about my hands, the worse they get. Hopefully I am just making the situation seem worse than it really is. I think it's just that I have gotten some horrible reactions before from people noticing that my hands are sweaty and I feel like everyone is going to react that way and sort of call me out about it

Hello! I am new to this site and new to the nursing program- just started my second week of classes. I SUFFER from hyperhidrosis- sweaty palms, and it can get pretty bad when I get nervous. I don't know why, but I never thought about how much contact you are going to have with other people until we started going over some of the skills we are going to be doing in the labs. I'm starting to get freaked out because I do not want to be doing an examination on someone in lab with extremely sweaty hands. It's so embarrassing and I know the other person is wondering why my hands are sweaty and I'm sure they do not want me touching them. I'm starting to think that maybe I should have picked a different program because it seems like my sweaty hands are going to interfere with my learning. I've always been able to sort of hide my sweaty hands in the past but there is no getting around it now! But if anyone out there has been through or is going through the same thing I am I would really like some tips/advice on what you did to get through it. I read some other postings and the only thing I really saw was that someone said to wear gloves, but can you really wear gloves ALL the time? Even when doing simple things like finding a pulse? I have tried the drysol, certain dri, and other medications prescribed by my dermatologist but nothing worked. I just pulled them all out and about to try them over again to see if maybe they will stop my hands from sweating even just a little bit. THANKS!