student6

I am an LPN student and I just got home from my second day of clinicals at the local hospital med/surg unit. Before this week we have only been to the CNA portion clinicals in a nursing home. I still feel a little unsure of my capabilities and unconfident in caring for a patient with little instructions. However, it seems that the RN and Tech staff seem to be disappointed and annoyed with us being there. I don't feel that I have enough experience to go into a patient's room and figure out what they need done during my shift. I want to excel and I try to ask the nurses on the unit if they need assistance with anything but most seem to say no or shrug me off. I felt extremely overwhelmed today as I was assigned a patient in a vegetative state with a trach and PEG tube, compression boots and he was on a therapulse bed(which I had never heard of until today). I did the head to toe assessment and then was having difficulty documenting in the computer because I was unable to access the program. I was on the phone with IT and while I was getting login information for the program, the RN and Tech completed his bedbath, bolus feeding, and the RT suctioned him. I had nothing to do with my patient the rest of the day except vitals. I'm trying my best to be the best nurse I can be but I just don't know how to go in to a room and feel confident enough to be by myself. HELP.