ablynn

I appreciate your response. It helps to hear different perspectives. You are right about me/us being the patients advocate. Now I see how to ask, without (hopefully) not offending anyone. I now believe my advantage is being a student in the situation, which makes it easier to ask why, without accusing. Once again, Thanks....

I did speak with my instructor. We talked about the situation. As I stated in the email, for my instructor to tell, that may get us kicked out of the hospital for clinicals. Thanks. PS. When we were discussing this, I was told it breaks the hospital's confidentiality, for us to report.

Hi everyone. I am a nursing student. I have two questions to ask that is disturbing yet frustrating. While I was in observation in the OR, I observed several nurses not complying with sterile technique or even washing their hands between patients, cleaning, etc. NO HANDWASHING was observed at all. Another instance was a nurse dropped a syringe onto the floor, but still used it. 1) You can't complain to the hospital because our school would not be allowed to continue clinicals in upcoming semesters. Do you observed this 'out in the real world'? Do you tell? 2) What about the patient's rights? Or being an advocate for them? Do you tell? What do you do? as a student? as a nurse? as an instructor? Thanks for taking the time to read and respond!