JaimeC

Hello all! I'm a Jr. in nursing school and got a call back for an interview as a tech. in a L&D unit at a very well known hospital in Philadelphia. Considering my main goal in life is to one day (soon) become a CNM, I could not be happier! I currently work in a LTC facility as a Med Tech. It's okay, but it's not maternity! I actually witnessed my first lady partsl birth two weeks ago and it was just the most amazing thing I've ever seen! I hope the wonderment of a new life being brought into this world never wears off of me. Can any of you give me a little insight into what a tech. typically does on a L&D floor? I know it's not as hands on with clients as in a LTC unit. Also any help with possible interview questions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for taking the time to read! Jaime

I just finished my first semester of clinicals at a hospital 30 minutes west of Philly on a Med-Surg floor. This hospital has a great reputation and I was super excited to start my nursing practices there. Have any of you been to a clinical site where the RN's treated you like absolute crap? I've heard about nurses "eating their young" before but I and rest of my clinical group where in no way prepared for this! We where refered to as the "nursing students" and this would have been fine had they not added the eye rolling and snotty tone of voice. They ignored any questions we would ask and basically made us feel as though we where drastically disturbing their work when really we all where just trying to stay out of their way as much as we possibly could. Even our clinical instructor saw what hell this particular unit on the hospital floor put us through and stuck up for us as much as possible but we had to stay to get the experience. Our instructor promised that future classes would not be going back to this unit in the hospital. Some of my fellow classmates where lucky enough to do some work on other floors in this hospital and they said that it was like night and day compared to the one I was 'stuck' on. Basically what I'm taking from this clinical experience is that when i'm working on a floor as an RN on a unit and have a student nurse come to me with a question, I'm going to do everything I possibly can to help them! Jaime C.

I have to take the HESSI exam today, BOO! I'm a Jr. in nursing school and while they don't count as a grade they're still nerve racking because the test tells you how ready you are to test for your state license . So this, on top of finals in two weeks has my nerves wrecked! Just a vent. If you have any advice I would gladly take it! Jaime C. Student Nurse.