Tell me it will get better!

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Hello,

I am in a 4 semester LPN program and currently in my 3rd semester. The way they run it is we basically have clinicals and arts and skills left for the 3rd and 4th semester. Anyway, I finally started clinicals this week on a tele floor. Now I am a virgin to the any kind of medical setting, so maybe thats my problem! The experience so far was awful! The only good thing was the pt. I had! The RNs treat us like crap, the techs are annoyed. I felt completely lost and like I was thrown out to the sharks! The students in my group also felt the same way. I tried to stay out of the RNs hair as much as possible and do what I needed to do. Someone tell me it gets better because I have really enjoyed school until this! ugh, I need a hug lol..

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Hang in there. It will get easier if for no other reason than next week you will at least know where the BP cuffs are kept! :) What kind of skills are you doing? Its odd that they wait so long into the program. What if someone gets on the floor and realizes nursing isn't their cup of tea after putting in all that time in school?

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I hope it does! I am not sure why they wait on the skills, except half of our class is full time 2 semester and half is part time 4 semester. It is a bit nerve racking to not have had a lot of practice and get thrown in! I had to remove an I.V. yesterday, and it was my first time. I feel a little relieved that I am not full time trying to cope with this while still taking med surg and pharm etc. I really just don't like feeling like an idiot!

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It will get better I am in a 5 part program. I remeber start clinical for the first time I was lost I have never done anything like it before. I had a back ground in retail no medical at all. I am one of the better people at clinical now and I don't have any problem now. I just go into clinical everytime with confidence so the pt doesn't give you a hard time for being a student and staff.

You will be fine.:D

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Believe it or not it does get better. What irks me though is the nurses act like you're a burden, but duhhhhhhhhhhhh they were once students themselves, they should know better. I'm lucky that this trimester we have very good RN's that are so good to the students. Some of the CNA's want us to do their work, but sorry we're here to learn not to do their job. Just remember that you're there to learn and soak up as much as possible and always thank your CNA & RN no matter how horrible they are to you.

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