Sigh... I am sure we have all had one of those days where everything goes wrong. I am currently working as an ESN (Employed Student Nurse) in a local hospital on a surgical unit. I love it... most of the time.
I AM SORRY...
I am sorry that I am still a student, and I need you to co-sign for my narcs
I am sorry that I need your help when starting a heparin drip... i have never done it before
I am sorry that I have had so many first times on the unit, and that you wish i just knew it all so i could leave you alone
I am sorry that I ask so many questions throughout the day, I am still learning
I am sorry that I do not feel comfortable taking out staples when clearly there is no order for their removal
I am sorry that I need you to refill the running epidural bag since I am not allowed to handle them as a student
I am sorry that I do not have all of your patient's bed's changed and made, as well as toileted while you are on break, I went from 2 patients as a student to 8 as an ESN (I AM DROWNING)... i wish you would attempt to try and understand, or think back.
I am sorry that I cannot override the pyxis for a neb...
I am sorry that I need to pee more than once every 8 hours
I am sorry that I need a second person to help boost up a heavy patient
I am sorry that I charted my stuff before you got around to doing your charting, ending with your charting having a bunch of "late entries"
I am sorry that I needed you when my patient's BP shot up, became extremely sweaty and was complaining about severe chest pains
I am sorry that I am "annoying" and a "good for nothing student" as you tell your co-workers under your breath
I am sorry that I stayed in the room with my patient as she discovered her unexpected colostomy, as you left and told me she will get over it
I am sorry that you are so over worked... i wish i could make it better for you, I try my best to hold my own workload
Most of all...
I am sorry that you dont think I have what it takes, or that i did something to make you dislike me... or that you think I am a good for nothing student,... apparently you are wrong, because I was offered a job today on that unit as soon as I finish school :)
i agree with you in your post i want to copy it and wear it like a sign. you are a responsible & caring person, the attributes of a great nurse! i hope that you never lose that.
it seems that when you are a student nurse you are a target for others to unload their crap on you. i don't understand why some people feel compelled to carry and pass the torch of nursing misery. just because someone dumped on you when you were a student nurse does not make it okay for you to do the same to someone else. nursing is founded on compassion, and caring not hating, demeaning, belittling, and all the other mistreatments that seem to be acceptable today. it starts the moment you enter nursing school. i understand why there is a nursing shortage and also where they teach nurses to be nasty. im getting ready to enter my last semester and want to cry just thinking about it.
i don't understand why some people feel compelled to carry and pass the torch of nursing misery.
haha.. this made me laugh :)
she was no where near a horrible person... and when i first met her i thought it would be ok and that she was just unsure of me/did not trust me etc. ok, i have to prove myself to her, that is fair. but i always thought the things i did like asking for help with new things, being responsible (no order? i dont do), and staying with a patient all encompassed being a nurse. the unit is amazzzziiingggg!!! i love it!
i will be going back to school next monday, and i will be starting a palliative rotation which i am also excited about. although it is not at the same hospital, i am so excited to even have my foot in the door and have the ability to network while i am still in school. i never thought it would happen like that for me.... especially when there are new grads who have not been able to find jobs in teh last 2 months due to hiring freezes.
i love this site and i love being able to share these things with everyone. although i have told others in my nursing class of course there is some jealousy going on, but... i have some really close friends who are excited for me :)
Sarah, how can you be offered a job if you haven't finished school? Seems like a false promise. Sorry, just curious.
I'm sorry, but you seem to be pretty bitter person and rude. Why? Sorry, just curious. People are offered jobs every single day before they finish school. Esp. if you've been working with a hospital (volunteer or not) for a while. I have friends who already are employees at hospitals and have either just started or been with them a number of yrs. Do you not think they already have their foot in the door? And about your comment "that's just the way it is". It's not. It's not like that every where you go and that is not the way nursing is. Some nurses can be really rude and I'm sorry for those nurses. They are the ones with issues.
Sarah, we all have questions like that! Nursing is ever-changing and we are only human! She has to remember when she was a student. We all have to learn! Good Luck and Congrats on the job!
I hate to say "Get used to it"..but nursing really is this way
I don't think it's this way. Call me Naive but, this is the first time out of the 3 years in a clinical placement in nursing school that I have ever experienced someone who frowned upon me asking questions and asking for help. Although I did find the nurses to be very nice when I was in my school clinical placements, they were even more embracing and helpful during my ESN placement... except for the one RN I seemed to always be stuck with. If my day was not going well.. she would be happy and tell me to "get used to it". Are you sure you're not her?...
And Bree*, the only reason why nursing as you say "is this way" is because people like yourself, let it be. While the RN i was assigned to found happiness in trying to walk all over me... I will find happiness when she is stuck with me when I am an RN, and has to endure my happy attitude and professional conduct with her. She cant be mad at me if i am always smiling now can she :)
I will find happiness when she is stuck with me when I am an RN, and has to endure my happy attitude and professional conduct with her. She cant be mad at me if i am always smiling now can she :)
I love your attitude LOL If you can be happy you might be surprised how contagious it could be.
You are AWESOME! Won't it be funny when you're the one taking excellent care of these mean nurses! I precept a lot of new grads and at times, yes it is frustrating because many things are timed, but I always, always, always think back to when I was a student and how grateful I was to have a patient, kind, and caring preceptor.
Let's hope this doesn't jade you. Although I can tell that you are using your negative experience to improve your end-outcome. Good for you!
Awe you guys are so sweet :) My mom always says that I need to pay my dues and thats why people sometimes give me a hard time. Which, is true, I never expected it to be an easy road.
I really enjoy being quite independent, and working with this RN has stopped me from relying on her and forced me to really be "The Nurse". And I do thank her for that...
You display wisdom far beyond your years. I predict that you will become an outstanding nurse, and will one day become a brilliant preceptor yourself.
Sigh... I am sure we have all had one of those days where everything goes wrong. I am currently working as an ESN (Employed Student Nurse) in a local hospital on a surgical unit. I love it... most of the time.
I AM SORRY...
I am sorry that I am still a student, and I need you to co-sign for my narcs
I am sorry that I need your help when starting a heparin drip... i have never done it before
I am sorry that I have had so many first times on the unit, and that you wish i just knew it all so i could leave you alone
I am sorry that I ask so many questions throughout the day, I am still learning
I am sorry that I do not feel comfortable taking out staples when clearly there is no order for their removal
I am sorry that I need you to refill the running epidural bag since I am not allowed to handle them as a student
I am sorry that I do not have all of your patient's bed's changed and made, as well as toileted while you are on break, I went from 2 patients as a student to 8 as an ESN (I AM DROWNING)... i wish you would attempt to try and understand, or think back.
I am sorry that I cannot override the pyxis for a neb...
I am sorry that I need to pee more than once every 8 hours
I am sorry that I need a second person to help boost up a heavy patient
I am sorry that I charted my stuff before you got around to doing your charting, ending with your charting having a bunch of "late entries"
I am sorry that I needed you when my patient's BP shot up, became extremely sweaty and was complaining about severe chest pains
I am sorry that I am "annoying" and a "good for nothing student" as you tell your co-workers under your breath
I am sorry that I stayed in the room with my patient as she discovered her unexpected colostomy, as you left and told me she will get over it
I am sorry that you are so over worked... i wish i could make it better for you, I try my best to hold my own workload
Most of all...
I am sorry that you dont think I have what it takes, or that i did something to make you dislike me... or that you think I am a good for nothing student,... apparently you are wrong, because I was offered a job today on that unit as soon as I finish school :)
why are you sorry?? grow up please. i hate it when new or student nurses come into facility and act like they do not know how to do anything and being sorry is mostly what they do. Do 1 thing at a time and try to be less sorry.
why are you sorry?? grow up please. i hate it when new or student nurses come into facility and act like they do not know how to do anything and being sorry is mostly what they do
Sighh... I hate it when a person posts things that are not even relevant to the topic of a thread. The first step.. is to actually read the original post, which clearly.. you did not.
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Holland4500
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i agree with you in your post i want to copy it and wear it like a sign. you are a responsible & caring person, the attributes of a great nurse! i hope that you never lose that.
it seems that when you are a student nurse you are a target for others to unload their crap on you. i don't understand why some people feel compelled to carry and pass the torch of nursing misery. just because someone dumped on you when you were a student nurse does not make it okay for you to do the same to someone else. nursing is founded on compassion, and caring not hating, demeaning, belittling, and all the other mistreatments that seem to be acceptable today. it starts the moment you enter nursing school. i understand why there is a nursing shortage and also where they teach nurses to be nasty. im getting ready to enter my last semester and want to cry just thinking about it.