Texasstudent0

Lol this is gonna be the last thing I say. NO ONE is being dismissive of the CNA. PERIOD. I have said that time and time again. So if you want to continue to beat a dead horse. Be my guest. I have explicity explained what I meant and how I meant it. You choose to take it whichever which way you want. YES I AM AWARE I WILL BE DOING BED BATHS, TURNING PATIENTS, POOP CLEANING AND ALL THE SKILLS A CNA DOES... is that the highlight of everyone's nursing career?? Absolutely not! So why would it be the highlight of my day as a first day clinical student. There are other nurses on this thread that have commented and completely and totally understand where I am coming. IM OUT!

Yesss @dogmombyday! Thanks for your post! It's great to receive honest and raw feedback. Lol it's good to know there are nurses out there that understand what it's like to be in my shoes!! :)

The extreme lack of diplomacy?? First and foremost my university has an open door policy. We are encouraged by our professors and by the Dean of Nursing to be vocal about any problems we may or may not have within the college. They want our feedback on our clinical instructors, they actually ask that we give feedback and fill out surveys on our experience with them. There is no extreme lack of diplomacy on my part by any means. She was just sticking up for me since most of these people on the thread are crude and distasteful. Some of you act like you were never a nursing student. It was one post. The majority of comments on here are accusatory based what they interpreted from the original post. A lot of "reading in between the lines" but they completely missed the boat.

Thank you Lil Nel, you are a gem!!! All I wanted was to vent and not be scolded for it.. lol I am student and this is all relatively new to me. I was just anxious and excited at the same time. But not all of us were paired with CNAs, it was randomly assigned. There were more students then RNs on the floor so they just stuck us with whomever. Next time I go on the floor though I will have my own patient.

Thanks for showing me what type of nurse I don't want to be and how not to treat others. I will however head your advice and try the students section next time. Thanks.

Thank you, thats just what i keep telling myself, lol :)

Coming from someone who is in a profession where you should show empathy and compassion daily, I came here to vent as a frustrating student. Not every specialty of nursing is for everyone, and just because I didn't enjoy my first day of clinical doesn't mean I should get grilled for it either. I notice that a lot of people get shamed for the posts they make in this forum and I don't believe that is right. I never said I was too good to be with the CNA, that I hate poop or anything along those lines. It was humbling to see the CNA interact with the patient because he did such a good job. I have the upmost respect for him. So let me make that clear. I was just looking to learn more in the process, I saw the EKG boards on the wall and I had to go find a nurse to ask a question about a rhythm on the monitor. Everytime we went into a patient room the CNA, did not know why they were being hospitalized. It was those types of things that I felt I missed out on. I wasn't expecting someone to come in a stretcher while coding, and everyone running around like crazy.....

I'm sorry... did I say anything in that post about not liking to clean up poop? Hm... I don't think so. I think you may have missed the point of what I was trying to say...

I understand it was one day, but as a nursing student it is a day you dream of... I think many other nursing students can relate. They look forward to their first day of clinical. So when it doesn't live up to the "hype" its kind of a bummer. I am allowed to vent.

Okay everyone, I am just starting my second semester of nursing school and I just had my first day at orientation on the med-surge floor that I will be at this semester. This is my first semester doing clinicals.. Long story short, I absolutely hated it. But there are several factors that may have affected my experience with it. Because it was orientation we were not set up with computer access so some of us were set up to shadow an RN, and others were set up to shadow a CNA. I got set up to shadow a CNA, I felt so unfulfilled.. We literally changed sheets, and cleaned poop the whole time. I was envious of my other classmates that got the opportunity to shadow nurses. The whole day I kept thinking to myself, am I really busting my a** in nursing school for this? It was extremely disheartening and discouraging. I went home almost in tears. Now let me back up and acknowledge the fact, that YES I WAS WITH A CNA, and I am sure it is much better actually shadowing a nurse. I was able to pop in and tag along with other classmates, but even then it was kind of boring. I know I should probably give it another chance but it was not a good first impression at all by any means. I guess I just thought it would be more exciting... I would be able to use more of my nursing skills. I just don't know if I will ever like the med-surge floor.

Hello everyone! I start nursing school in a couple of weeks and just last week I found out a friend of mine flunked out of the program. While I was touring the campus today I overheard a nursing student saying they had failed a class this semester. I'm a bit of an overachiever/worrier I completely understand nursing school is hard. I know it is very hard. But lately I have come across people who make it seem like it's impossible. I didn't come this far to fail out and I have a lot a lot of drive in me. So I just can't wrap my mind around people actually failing the program. it's actually starting to stress me out and cause a little bit of anxiety. I want this so bad but I find myself doubting myself. Asking questions like is this what I want to do? Do I want to put myself through this torture? What if I fail out?? I have worked so hard to get to this point I can't imagine doing anything else but I'm legitly scared going into nursing school. I think I'm scarred from people's horror stories? Any thoughts?

Hello all, I start the nursing program in the spring. Many of the people in this thread are already in the program. Has any here flunked a class or flunked out of the program? Just curious because I know someone there who just flunked out with a semester left. Wanted to get thoughts on how difficult the program actually is. Thanks you guys.

So I am curious to know how much in debt people are that go to UMHB, I've always known it was an expensive school to go to. But know plugging in all the numbers it's a little unsettling. Does anyone know?

I passed mine too!!! My gpa and everything is great. I met all requirements. I spoke with the secretary they said acceptance letters will go out mid November.

I am too!! In the morning! Best of luck to you!!