I've seen the thread rules for the ER, rules for the OB, and the one about wackos in the class and I thought of starting one for students.
Rules for student nurses.
1. If you didn't study, taking extra time on the test won't make the answers fall into your head.
2. Changing schools won't help. No, the teachers aren't mean. See rule 1.
3. Sooner or later, people will get tired of you wanting to copy their homework, especially if they were up half the night finishing it and missed their favorite TV show.
Don't treat any patient as though they no nothing about medicine or any medical procedure. You will eventually have a patient whose knowledge well exceeds yours. Arrogance can humble and humiliate one quickly
Specializes in Medical Telemetry, LTC,AlF, Skilled care.
14. When you're at clinical, having only 1 or maybe 2 pts to take care of, give the CNAs (caring for probably 3x that many pts) a break; empty the laundry bags...change the bedding...feed your pts their supper...don't ask the CNA to feed your pt for your because it's "their job," & don't expect a big thank you for it afterwards. You have one patient!
^ If me or any of the other students in my class tried to delegate anything with our patients to one of the CNA's my instructor would dock our grade so bad it's not even funny lol and I don't blame her being a cna myself there's no excuse why a ns can't feed their only patient or change their only pt's bed linen.
When we're in clinicals do not gripe and complain about how the instructor hates you, you don't know what do, the nurses are so unfair to you, your assignment is too hard, guess what? I don't care! :trout:
I love this thread! Sounds like y'all go to my school!
Don't use over an hour of classtime for a "class meeting" to discuss the same topic over and over and over, while most of us don't care about it anyway! People who are truly interested in your extra projects will stay after, the rest of us are there to learn.
If you are an on campus student don't be late because you were up with your boyfriend all night. Off campus students who live an hour away can be up late the night before Working and still make it to clinical on time. And please bring your own food. I don't make enough money to buy everyones breakfast even though I do work!
I agree that these are some good rules. I would also like to add:
18) Don't ask other students to ask a question you want to know the answer to because 9/10 we don't care about the 'question you want to know the answer to.
Specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.
19) The answer is YES...if it's covered in lecture it will probably be on the test in some form or another. If not, it will probably be on the NCLEX. You still need to know it.
If you don't know something in clinical setting... Then someone helps you out... Don't ... Don't Act like you knew it... And Played it like you were going to do it the whole time...
If someone is asking a question... Do not interrupt them... With the same exact question that they were asking...
And Please Don't Keep asking questions to the instructor about questions that doesn't Even pertain about the topic going over in Class Just because you So happen of Thought about it... Like My grandma has a spot on Her Head... What is it... lol
Also... Be prepared to be Red to in class... I hate that so Much... My instructors... Read the PowerPoint to us... As they go thru it... It burns me up every week... I work all night... And I have to sit for Hours... Listening to something That I could Go home and Read... That's basically what we do anyways... Its like a Self Study Course anyways...
nurse4theplanet, RN
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15. Yes, you will still have to 'wipe butts' once your a nurse, get used to that idea now or find another major.