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Thanks everyone for your input! Some of the other nurses there were very sweet to us, unfortunately we weren't really dealing with them. In answer to one of the post, all the students were with their patients most of the time, we even did more than we were suppose to, because we aren't suppose to do any procedures that we haven't done in the college lab. This particular nurse was nasty before we even started, when we went to the floor and our instructor spoke to this nurse she had a nasty attitude and our instructor looked at us shocked. But as everyone has said on this post, not all nurses should be judged by this one!

On our second day of clinicals the nurse on the floor was the nastiest person I have ever met! Our clinical instructor told us if we had any questions or problems and couldn't find her to ask the nurse that she would help us. Well when we first met this nurse, she gave all of us the meanest look possible. When we asked her if it was ok to find her if we had any questions so she could help us, she gave another mean look and said "With What" very sarcastically. Needless to say, we drove our instructor crazy bc we wouldn't ask the nurse anything! Our instructor told us to kill her with kindness, but this didn't work, she was just miserable. This made our clinical experience pretty miserable. How can someone like that be a nurse?

I agree with you, 6:30 am is way too early. I'm in Brooklyn doing clinicals at Lutheran Medical Center. We start at 8:00 am suppose to go till 2:00 but usually leave by 12:30 bc we skip any coffee breaks and lunch. Congragulations on graduating!!!!!

Hi everyone, new to this web site. Home: Brooklyn, NY Status: Pre-clinical this Tuesday Age: 51 Kids: 3 grown ones, two grandchildren Current Job: MA for pediatrician, 15 years Wants to be: Pediatric Nurse

MA's that refer to themselves as nurses make me sick! :angryfire I'm an MA for a pediatrician for 15 years. I have never called myself a nurse. Our office has an RN,MA and two receptionist. No one not even the Dr. has called anyone a nurse except for the nurse, becuase she has earned it.Sometimes the parents of our patients will refer to me as a nurse, but I quickly correct them and ask them if they wish to speak to a nurse I will gladly get her.When I am asked questions on the phone by the parents, although I know most of the answers, because after working there so long you kind of know how things are, I still do not take it upon myself to answer, I tell them I will put the Dr.'s nurse on the phone to speak with them. If you are not a nurse, don't call yourself one, if you wish to be called a nurse then go and do it, become one. Otherwise don't give your patients the impression that they are receiving the best possible adive because they assume they are speaking with a nurse. Shame on you!! I am now in school to become an RN. I start classes on Tuesday, I wish to work in a hospital setting taking care of patients, hospitals do not hire MA's, doesn't that tell you something?