mollysaunt

Here I go again with my pre-clinical jitters. . . Today I went in to my site to look up info on my patient only to find out that he is a physician. I am on the third day of my first real clinical so, of course, I am still pretty clueless. This gent...

Great advice about not getting nervous. One of the nurses at clinical suggested to be confident with patients/nurses/techs/residents/doctors, etc even as a student because as soon as you don't some people will pick up on it and run with it in a poss...

Happy New Year!

Wow, everyone, thanks for all of your amazing advice and anecdotes about caring for physicians. Definitely reduced my anxiety going into the experience. As you all predicted, I had a great experience working with the physician-patient. He expressed...

Great point. That would be wonderful.

Thanks so much for the tips.. again, the support on allnurses is so helpful!

Hi Everyone, Tomorrow is the second day of med-surg (adult health) clinical for me which is my first "real" clinical following fundamentals as a first semester student. I realize this is ridiculous, but on my first day I did not catch how to take au...

Thanks, Chiandre. This quote will stick with me! Lots of things swirling around in my brain on these first "real" clinical shifts.. so many questions crop up.. and require answers. :)

Thanks for taking the time to provide your input. :) I am starting to feel Ok about having to ask.

Thanks for the support... I feel like I have to ask the "dumb" questions in order to learn how to do things properly.

Thanks for the feedback. :)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Great job!

I will be thinking very positive thoughts for you. Best of luck. You've got this!

Hi all, First time poster. I'm having trouble crafting and prioritizing the 4 nurses diagnoses needed for my concept map. Here is a little bit about my patient (only cared for him during 1 shift): he is a 6 week old, ex-31 week preterm infant. Hi...

I will definitely order these from Amazon..thank you!

Very much so...lots to learn which is why your help is so valued.

Thanks for the detailed reply, Esme12…much appreciated.