bella65

I was in the rn program for two years!!! It sucks! The instructors are awful to you, and your clinical instructors are even worse! I dropped out because I basically had a breakdown and was getting B's! from the moment you get in, all they do is threaten to kick you out! Trust me, go to an accelerated program. Some of the smartest people in the program were kicked out over stupid things! I wouldn't go there for free! If you want to be in mental torture from the abuse, then wait it out! I am going to be enrolling in another program this fall!

I feel like you are writing my story. I just dropped from nursing school last week for the very same reason. I do great in class and exams, but am a mess in clinicals! I was basically told that I was not cutting it in clinicals. I am so stressed out, and look like a complete basket case. I am vey sad, but I think I will be looking for A LVN school now. I have no previous hospital experience and feel completely unorganized. Think I will be moving over to the LVN threads. Sorry you feel this way. I am right there with you, but maybe the LVn route would be better to gain our confidence with less stress, and then we could eventually go back to become RN's. Hugs to you! I know exactly what you are going through and it sucks!

I am in my 3rd semester, and still don't feel confident. I am a nervous wreck and it shows. I got a needs improvement today because I passed meds too slow! Feel so damn depressed. Want to be a nurse, but have no confidence!

I agree with the others, you made a mistake, and owned up to it! That is what's important. Nurses make mistakes everyday, some minor and others tragic. I completely understand how you feel. It is so exhausting going from school, studying, and then going to clinical on little sleep. You helped us not to make that mistake. I know how easy it is to do. There are so many times that my clinical instructor is so busy with everyone else and my patient needs pain meds, and I just want to give it to them, instead of waiting 45 minutes for her. I am sure as students we have all made mistakes one way or the other.

We have all made mistakes in clinical, and like others have said, with an IV bag running it is not a big deal. It is easily found by looking at the IV pump. I know how you feel, I am always paranoid about every little thing I think I did wrong. Now if you forgot to unclamp a piggyback with an antibiotic in it, that would be different. Yesterday, somebody in my clinical did that when a patient was septic, and it wasn't caught until two hours later! I don't label a new iv bag, only piggybacks. In my opininion, you did nothing wrong. I never label the primary bags because if they are continuously running, you just look at the iv pump and know how much they have received or look at the bag. You are fine. Don't sweat it!!:)

Thank you for all your replies. I have worked as a counselor in nutrition, where I have my degree, but was a stay at home mom for the last 10 years after having kids. I have been divorced for three years. I am very outgoing when it comes to everyday situations. I guess I compare myself too much with everyone else in my group that seems to be breezing through the course. I do suffer from depression and anxiety. I just have no confidence in myself, and always feel like I am going to fail. I hate it! Sadly, my dad was very pychologically abusive and always put me down. When I graduated with a nutrition degree, and was so excited, the first thing he said was "yeah that is great and all, but are you really gonna make money doing that?" I know I have carried a lot of that with me. Not to make excuses, but my whole life was like this with my father, so I guess I feel this voice laughing at me saying "You are not ever gonna make it!" I am not trying to get sympathy, this is just how I feel. I have cried, prayed, and read books on confidence, and I just don't have it in clinical. I get great grades, but feel like a nervous wreck in clinicals! Should I discuss these concerns with my clinical instructor? I want to be a nurse so badly. My true passion is to be a psych nurse. This was my first week in clinicals in my 3rd semester, and feel like I should have confidence by now????

I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I can only imagine how hard that rotation would be on u? During my rotation in O.B. we floated throughout the unit. There is also an antepartum unit where the women are still pregnant and need monitoring? I would be honest with your instructor, and if it would be easier to just see pregnant women, maybe you can spend your rotation mainly there. I agree with the comment above, maybe getting some counceling would help, but I completely understand why it would be so emotional for you! So sorry!

I don't know how to get over the anxiety I feel at clinicals! I am in my 3rd semester, and even my instructor notices it. I am doing fine and not making mistakes, but I feel like I am having panic attacks all day! I want so much to have confiedence in myself, but I feel intimidated by everyone around me, even though they are nice. My clinical instructor is wonderful, but I feel like I am stumbling over my words whenever she asks me questions. I have never had experience working in the hospital or with patients for that matter, and see all the other people in my clinical (all are either CNA's, one is a Medic, and the other a medical assistant), looking confident! I don't know how I can get over this! HELP!!!!!!:chair:

Thank you! I get confused as to when to do this.

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I am thinking about getting the netbook too! I think it could be a great help, especially since it is so small and lightweight!

I am currently in the nursing program at Grossmont College entering my 3rd semester next week> Just wondering if there are Other students posting here?

How soon do you take the blood pressure of a patient on high blood pressure meds before administering them? We were told to take the BP and HR 30 min. before giving the meds to be sure their BP is not too low where we would need to hold the med?

Definitely more clinical skills as some others mentioned! We have open lab, but only at certain times! I think it is ridiculus that we are put out there and expected to know all these skills that we only practiced once in first semester.

OMG>>>I am so sorry! I can not imagine how hard this must be for you! Both of my parents were diagnosed within 2 months of each other with cancer. They are doing fine for now. My mom is cancer free, but my dad still has cancer. I was already dealing with depression, so I took a semester off, and for me, it was the best thing in the world. Everyone is different, but I just could not function to go on. God Bless you and comfort you during this difficult time! I pray that God will bring you peace in your heart.