Raewynv

Hi, I am still a nursing student who is doubting her choice, I have no motivation to carry on. How do you get over this hump. I have wanted to do nursing for years but have had to put it off due to having kids etc. Any tips would be great

A very big thank you to nurses like you who are willing to take your time to teach students. I have had some great clinical instructors where I have learnt about myself and also learnt the positive side of nursing. To see this here now is a blessing at a time where I question what I am doing and have no motivation. Thank you for the little pep talk :)

I just realized my spelling mistake.....Suppose to be Don't beat yourself up about it

As a student nurse who has also witnessed patients falling, one who was standing right next to me, you did the right thing. I am a bit shocked that the others took time to respond. I did a five week placement on a Older Adult ward and falls were common. Patients had alarms but some of them knew how to take them off and even hide each bit in different areas of the ward. What you did was what any nurse would do (from what I have seen). Do beat yourself up about it :)

Whatever the reason why Robin Williams did what he did, the family must be in agony. This I would know as my brother committed suicide back in 1998 in the same fashion. Here in New Zealand suicide is not talked about and the impact on the surviving family members goes unnoticed. I think that people commit suicide for many reasons and many that we do not think about. We should not just think and talk of what has happened but also look at who and how it impacts on those around the person. When I first heard about Robin Williams I was shocked but then I started thinking about the family and friends who are left behind to deal with this tragedy. Robin Williams was a great actor who loved to make people laugh. He will be greatly missed .

I have a ipad and use it all the time for doing nursing study. I am able to use it for lecture notes, research and browsing the web just fine. I also have a separate keyboard which works great for me. I have tried small laptops but have found that they are to heavy to carry (that was before some of the light laptops came out). I think it is what you feel comfortable with, which in the end will work.

Life what is that lol. Nursing school is hard but we just have to stay positive and know that we are doing this for a reason. You also need to have breaks as you will burnout otherwise. Take care of yourself and you will be fine :)

Good on you for giving her some joy. She was in hospice care and so deserves to be able to have what ever she would have wanted. It is nurses like you that make me want to carry on and get my nursing degree.

Sorry but just have to say this...It is quite interesting about all the venting that us students are suppose to be complaining about. No one knows exactly how another person is feeling about a situation as no one has had the exact same experience. One thing I have been taught is to never ever put yourself into another persons shoes as you will never know what they are going though as you have never experienced it. This also counts for those who have been doing the same job day in and day out for the last 50 years. And the person who told me this was a lecturer who is still a nurse.

It is quite interesting about all the venting that us students are suppose to be complaining about. No one knows exactly how another person is feeling about a situation as no one has had the exact same experience. One thing I have been taught is to never ever put yourself into another persons shoes as you will never know what they are going though as you have never experienced it. This also counts for those who have been doing the same job day in and day out for the last 50 years.

Confidentiality is big where ever you are nursing. From what I have seen I would have to agree with you SaoirseRN that confidentiality has always be adhered to on this site. If there were no places like this where else can people share stories, find help and vent when they need to.

Looking at what the HIPAA is, we don't have that here in New Zealand either. We have privacy acts that govern that use of patient information but not written in the same way that the HIPAA is written

Hearing comments like this also drives me to finish nursing school. Hearing stories like these show me that there are compassionate nurses out there that really do care about what they do.

Is that why some nurses lose the love of the job

Everyone needs an outlet. That is a part of life. It depends on where that outlet is done. Here on All nurses, this should be a place where nurses and students can learn from each other and be able to vent without being pulled up for it by those who think they know everything. We are lucky to have places like this where we can get together and feel "safe" that we can vent. When I have been on clinical placement, I have sat with nurses on lunch break where they have talked about patients outside where anyone can hear. I kept my mouth shut as I am just student who has nothing to offer as some nurses are saying. (you would think someone who is 40 would have something to offer) Those places are just wrong as anyone can hear. Here should be safe as not everyone would be just general public. Not all of us students are dumb and should be ignored and tainted with the same brush as others. And we do not wear rose colored glasses either. Just love to know where there is a place where students can vent about nurses that leave bruises on patients are or the ones who are so rough in front of family and students, that patients are scared or they cringe when a nurse comes near. Sorry not trying to be disrespectful to all nurses. There are some out there that nursing is just a job and nothing else. Where has the passion gone???????