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Awesome! Thanks!

I'm in my second to the last quarter before graduation and this is the first time we've been expected to give report..which will be taped. Where to start? Any tips for giving great report so I don't sound like a total idiot?

I think it's okay to chart about patients sleeping or resting. We are encouraged to. Especially if the patient has had a hard day or night for whatever reason. I always include a descriptive, like comfortably, soundly. It is also appropriate to chart if the patient is having a hard time sleeping or waking up a lot. The more descriptive and consice the better. How many times is the patient waking up? I also appreciate it when I see it charted prior to coming on shift, because then I have a better overall idea on how the patient is doing and tolerating treatment.

Thanks guys....it's nice to know I'm not in the boat alone. :) I've been brushing up on possible clincial scenarios and skills the morning before clinicals. I think I just need to gain some confidence and quit letting new things intimidate me. I've been focusing really hard on seeking out new opportunities to try new skills and procedures and am just try to keep in mind that I am there to learn. Hopefully I'll get to the point where I'm not dreading clinical days but actually looking forward to them!

WHAT is wrong with me? I'm an A student and just started my second year. I'm not sure if it was the summer off or what, but I feel like I've lost all my confidence at clinical. Last year, no problems...loved clinical. This quarter I literally get so nervous I feel like I'm going to throw up. When it comes time to do a new procedure I freeze up and feel like running away. I'm still preparing, looking up my drugs, pt history etc....but when my clinical instructor makes rounds to ask about our patients I find myself going blank when she quizzes me on things.:imbar Now I'm constantly thinking maybe I'm not cut out for this profession or maybe not hospital nursing.:uhoh21: Any one else go through a funk like this? What helped?

Pets and kids definately desensatize you. I worked in a laboratory for years and got used to some pretty gross smells and sights. Once you're around things like that enough and experiance them, you'll get desensetized too...or at least more tolerable.

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