Hello, I've only posted a couple times so I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this post. I'm sad, embarrassed, and frustrated because I was sent home from clincals this morning. I'm a second year student in an ADN program and today was my first day to care for 3 patients (all meds, care, etc). I prepped at the hospital for 2 hours last night, came home prepped until midnight and up at 5 a.m. to get to clinicals on time. In preconference I was not certain why my pt was receiving an antibiotic. She was admitted with SOB, but I saw nothing in the chart other than that. When I truthfully told my instructor that I wasn't sure about the antibiotic she replied that pt has pneumonia. Keep in mind that 8 other students are staring at me and I buckle under pressure. I replied that I honestly did not see that in her chart. Mind you, that when I was prepping the chart was taken from me several times by other staff members and someone even took the progress notes out of the chart. Also trying to prep on 2 others at the same time. After the 30 minutes of preconference I went to the floor to begin pt care. My instructor pulled me aside and said that she was sending me home and I needed to make an appointment with my advisor and the director of the nursing program. I sense that they are kicking me out. The environment is one of total fear, no encouragement, waiting for you to mess us and never pointing out the good. The fact that I'm a single mom of four and I worked my tail off for this doesn't count for a thing. My grades are always 3.5 and above, but I have to work very hard to do that. I'm in my 40s so the menopausal memory thing is doing a number on me. I'm in debt $15,000 in student loans and I really don't know if I'll make it:cry:. Missing this clinical will mean that I get an incomplete for the quarter which messes up my financial aid so now I have that to deal with. Honestly, I don't think I can take much more of this. I realize that I'm rambling, using no paragraphs, just hoping that there is "someone" out there to encourage me. I don't know what I'm going to do if I get kicked out. Thanks for "listening"...
From the looks of things, it seems you may just be in the clear. Like the others have said, just keep plugging away and doing your thing.
However, if something should later arise from all of this, I would make it point to become "nicely indignant" (is there such a thing?) over the fact that this woman cost you a day of clinical time, robbed you of part of your learning experience because of a hasty assumption. Remember, you are the paying customer here and if anything, you should be the one who needs pacifying.
I know the above approach is pretty manipulative, but sometimes you have to use that "turn the tables" approach when others are unreasonable.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted and post again if you need help with any other harry situations
Call me paranoid,:uhoh21: but be careful. She just might wait until things settle down a bit, then bring it up when you least expect it....has happened to me before!!!
NurseCherlove
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Hi Sweetie,
From the looks of things, it seems you may just be in the clear. Like the others have said, just keep plugging away and doing your thing.
However, if something should later arise from all of this, I would make it point to become "nicely indignant" (is there such a thing?) over the fact that this woman cost you a day of clinical time, robbed you of part of your learning experience because of a hasty assumption. Remember, you are the paying customer here and if anything, you should be the one who needs pacifying.
I know the above approach is pretty manipulative, but sometimes you have to use that "turn the tables" approach when others are unreasonable.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted and post again if you need help with any other harry situations