sarahdanielle14

I know of 2 who have heard today. I am just praying they still have a few people left to call tomorrow!

Hey guys! I'm in the same boat as you all, waiting to hear..I'm thinking taylor00 is right about Thursday, because nearly half of my graduating class had interviews at Cook and no one has heard anything. I feel like at least 1 or 2 people would have heard something if they actually made calls yesterday or today. I will keep you posted and y'all do the same! :) best of luck!

Emesis is my nemesis. The sight, smell, and especially that horrible wretching sound. I will leave the room until you're done, unless you want me puking along side you.

Thank you, umcRN! :)

Peds cardiac ICU is my dream! I just hope I can actually find a position when I graduate..I know they are hard to come by.

Adult (medical/surgical) has been the hardest for me, probably because I had the clinical instructor from hell. There is just so much to know for adult and it can be stressful. Just keeping on top of things is the key, don't ever get behind, because nursing school will swallow you up.

Anyone in peds cardiac? That is my ULTIMATE love! :)

I hope to have that same experience! Thank you for sharing :)

I'm glad you have had that experience, Fire Bird. Some nurses I have come across let it be known dramatically that they did not want a student. It's very disheartening when that happens, but then you get an awesome nurse and all is well in the world! :)

Pediatric nursing had never crossed my mind. All of my life, I had liked kids, but never really wanted to work with them, mostly because of having to deal with their parents as well. As I entered my 3rd semester of nursing school (Pedi/OB), I came in with the mindset that-I just need to get through this so I can be that much closer to graduation. That very first day at the children's hospital changed my entire life. I'm from Texas and I had the privilege to do clinicals at a major pediatric hospital in the state. I had been there before to visit my friends kiddos that have been in the hospital for various things, but I knew that being here for clinicals would be much different. I was assigned to a medical floor that sees mostly respiratory illness. We took a tour of the unit on our first day, and it was so different to see baby blankets and bottles in the supply room. This still hadn't sparked my interest, I was ready for the day to be over. Then, I saw my first patient. My first pediatric patient was a little girl who was born with every disease and problem you could imagine. She was at the developmental age of an infant but had been on this earth for several more years than that. Seeing the way her mother and grandmother interact with her and how their whole lives revolve around taking this little one to the hospital and keeping up with her treatments finally made something spark inside of me. I don't have kids yet, so I couldn't even begin to imagine what they go through on a daily basis. I had never felt such an overwhelming feeling of wanting to help this little family with everything inside of me. Oh, I hadn't even mentioned my nurse preceptor yet. This woman is the most incredible person I had ever met. Seeing the way she interacted with all of her patients (from 0 to 18 years of age) made me want to be exactly like her. She let me do everything, I even pulled a PICC line from an infant (what a rush!). She was there for observation and guidance, and that's exactly how she wanted it. She wanted me to learn and do all that I possibly could so that I could get a wonderful experience out of this. I will never be able to thank her enough for helping me decide my future path of life. Now I sit here, writing you all an extremely long post (bless you all who have made it to this point), and I just keep praying for graduation day so I can hopefully go back to that same hospital. I want nothing more than to be a blessing to those patients and their families and to my future nurse co-workers who will hopefully someday realize how they have impacted my life in an extremely positive way. Thank you to all the pediatric nurses who bless the lives of infants-teenagers. It is not an easy task and it takes a very special person. ~Sarah Danielle Photo credit: http://lakesidepediatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/LP1.jpg

No, thank YOU! Your passion truly shows and it is contagious. Can't wait to be just like you someday :)

And we nursing students (well, most of us) love to be at clinicals and love to help the nurses out. We will do everything for you if we just have that opportunity. Thank you! :)

I know exactly what you mean. Nurses that take us in, whether they expected us or not, and show us how to do things step by step are amazing! I am in my 3rd semester and I'm in pediatric clinicals. I'll be honest, I had no prior interest in pediatrics before this semester, but now I have found my calling! Those nurses are awesome and I want to be just like them someday. Best of luck to you in your last semester(s)! :)

Better advice has never been spoken. Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement, you must be a real blessing to your students! :)

Hello nurses and nursing students! I just wanted to take a minute and thank all of the nurses that help future nurses everyday while they are in the clinical setting. Nursing students can really tell who is passionate about teaching and precepting and it makes a whirl-wind of difference to our clinical experience. I can't wait until I'm a nurse so I can do that for a special student one day. THANKS! :) ~Sarah Danielle