kpmadonna

I was searching for a nursing research one day and I just came across this site and as I was reading some of the threads I really enjoyed it so I decided to join!!

The one thing that I learned is never hesitate to ask for help. I was very nervous my first clinical, I took a look at my first patient and said, "this lady is way to fragile, I dont want to hurt her" but by the end of the day I really found out how amazing she was. I found that on my first day they tend to understand more that you are learning and try to give you someting simple like vitals to start with, and that helped me start the introduction process with my patient, and it made me less nervous. It is pretty rare, but my clinical instructor made my whole group give injections on our first day, which was very nerve racking, but now that I have done it I am not so afraid of it. Best of luck with your first patient I am sure that it will be great, just have a smile it makes everything go so smoothly!!!

With A&P I had a tough teacher too. What I did to prepare for tests like the bones test(which in my day was killer, it took a lot of my time studying) I spent several hours in the lab with a skeleton and went over everything, and if I could I would make up a little saying to help me remember. I am not the person who can open a book memorize it and then take an exam, I had to learn to picture everything, and close my eyes and have that mental picture in my head. Recently I have learned to apply things to everyday life, and it has seems to help, for example if I knew someone in my family who fractured their femur I can picture that person and know where that bone is at. One of the main things I can tell you is dont stress out, as soon as you do you are going to be lost, I stressed out all the time and I found I struggled more when I told myself I couldnt do it rather than just sit down take the time and get it done. I think in the big picture this is a good first class to take, it will help you later on because it gives you a baseline for body systems!! Best of luck always tell youself that you can do it and memorize memorize memorize!!!!