I am being taught that cleaning a patient/ changing the bed is a veyr important task it nursing.... its not nursing assistant work. If you think about it.... when you give your patient a bed bath......
I felt the same way for a while... I worked on-to-ones by sitting for hours upon hours with a patient and never go a break too..... I know that once i am done, there are always going to be things that...
The patient pretty much answered her own quesiton.... she doensn't want the opposite sex to feel betrayed.... thus when she develops a comfortable relationship with someone, it would be ideal in her...
I tried to get "ahead" and it really didn't help me. The best thing I could suggest is organize everything so you are ready for the begining, and get other stressors that are non nursing related out...
I have a cell phone and make sure that I have it in the locker room and not on the floor when I am at clinical. This way I am not distracted and I can check my messages and such when I have break....