dragonhawk

You can be an introvert and make a good nurse, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You're nervous because you're starting to outline your future career path, and being nervous is normal.

We started term 2 recently and began clinicals at the new site, everything in term one went well so I wasn't expecting things to take a downturn, especially on the first day. It did, I feel like an absolute failure. Our clinical group changed, and I was sent off to do treatments with two girls who are best friends in real life. I was getting vibes that I was a third wheel so I volunteered to go around and do half the workload on my own. Now, I did end up partnering with another girl who was experienced, and had years working in the healthcare field prior to nursing school. I am new so everything I'm doing is usually for the first time with a real, live patient. Basically I did a fingerstick, didn't get the reading, the patient got upset and started yelling at us, I had to do it again, moved onto another patient and didn't get a good stick on her. Next, the facilities BP cuff malfunctioned, so I used my own. Later on the first two girls I started out with come to me, asking me for the cuff, I handed them the one in my pocket... Fast forward to later on, the teacher has me stay after class to tell me she's concerned about my performance. That I used a broken blood pressure cuff and messed up the finger stick reading. I wanted to fall in a hole. I realized other students thought I used a broken cuff, and went and told the teacher, as well as filled her in on my finger stick experience. Now the instructor feels I need to be partnered up...So now I need a babysitter. I just needed to vent that. I know I need to do better. It just really really feels crumby to be taken so far down on the totem pole so quickly, especially since I do enjoy nursing and I want to do well at it. I know now that I could do a finger stick no problem, I just needed that learning experience, but it's like since I didn't get the technique just right, right away I'm a total idiot, and that's what's frustrating.

Tomorrow is our first day of clinicals with my fellow lpn class, and I'm incredibly nervous. I'm afraid I won't know where things are, ill forget the exact location of the showers, etc. The staff there doesn't seem to like nursing students, so I'm sure they'd get annoyed quickly with questions. The other thing is, we have to do a head to toe assessment, and I find myself wondering where to start...I guess it's obvious, from head to feet. So then I'm shining a pen light in their eyes, then asking them if they know where they are..Things I would think would be annoying to a patient in the morning? I don't know, I'm very analytical about small details and like to be precise, so the thought of seeming incompetent or even clueless is frightening and embarrassing. I just want to be good at it from the start and get everything right.

Something high in potassium, so like number 4? (I know bananas have a lot of potassium) Number two I don't know. Just help meh

A nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed potassium wasting diuretic medication. Which recommendation should the nurse make for a change in the diet? 1. Increase consumption of citrus fruits and strawberries 2. Decrease amount of fluids containing caffeine 3. Avoid milk and milk products 4. Encourage oranges, bananas, and whole grain breads A nurse is reinforcing teaching about dietary recommendations to a client with iron deficiency anemia. Which of the following should the nurse include as a food that enhances iron absorption when consumed with non heme iron? 1. Tomato Juice 2. Tea 3. Milk 4. Dried beans Thanks ive spent forever on these questions and these are the two I can't figure out

Just curious, can they call your doctor and ask about certain shots you've had or is that a HIPAA violation? My doctor filled out my physical exam papers, and for my one MMR shot date, she wrote the wrong year, so that worries me that somehow they're gonna find out and think I lied or something. Should I just let it go or mention something to the school?

Practically all nursing schools I've looked into require vaccinations of some sort. Unfortunately I don't react well to vaccines. I had a PPD test last year that made my chest hot as an oven and a case of chronic fatigue that i'm still recovering from. I would need an MMR shot (low immunity to measles, even though I had the shots as a kid) and a flu shot, and I won't get a flu shot. Is there an lax nursing schools out there that won't require shots, or is there a way around it? Some may say don't be a nurse but that's all I've ever really wanted to do and it's the only career that peeks my interest =/