This was a first: a nursing student approached me about my patient

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Specializes in ACNP-BC.

Wow, I really feel like an RN now because today I was writing in a chart, & a nursing student approached me to ask me some questions about one of my patients, since she will be having the patient tomorrow. I found myself giving her a quick summary of the patient's diagnosis, past medical history, why I was giving her blood transfusions today, etc. It was honestly the weirdest feeling to have a student come up to me & ask if I was the patient's nurse when I was a nursing student myself just 3 months ago!!!! Has anyone else had this strange experience? :) I guess it really made me see how far I've come-kind of neat!

-Christine

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Wow, I really feel like an RN now because today I was writing in a chart, & a nursing student approached me to ask me some questions about one of my patients, since she will be having the patient tomorrow. I found myself giving her a quick summary of the patient's diagnosis, past medical history, why I was giving her blood transfusions today, etc. It was honestly the weirdest feeling to have a student come up to me & ask if I was the patient's nurse when I was a nursing student myself just 3 months ago!!!! Has anyone else had this strange experience? :) I guess it really made me see how far I've come-kind of neat!

-Christine

Congratulatons, Christy RN. I am relatively new also, and an agency nurse asked me a host of questions regarding one of my patients I felt that I finally felt like a nurse, and that she appreciated my inpuit as a collegue. I know I'm going to love my job, and I have made the best decision to be come a nurse. Julie

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

Congratulations. It must be a wonderful feeling. :roll

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

An amazing transition, isn't it?

Good for you ! :nurse:

Never forget what it was like to be a student... even ten years from now when you're super busy, overworked, overwhelmed, frustrated, and ready to pull your hair out.

When that student approaches you, go back in time, and see YOURSELF in her/him... and treat this student the way you wanted to be treated "back then".

ACTIONS speak oh so much louder than words.

Enjoy the glow, and allow these new students to "touch" it. Teach them well. :)

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

My first week of orientation (about a month ago) there was a group of nursing students in the ER doing clinicals. I had this patient, and was about to do an EKG, and there was a nursing student standing by the entrance way observing from afar. I was like "come on in, get closer" and he was so eager. It was so wierd because I had just graduated and here I am showing someone how to do a 12 lead EKG. I told him I just graduated and was on orientation, and I think he really appreciated it.

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Specializes in Med/Surge.
Wow, I really feel like an RN now because today I was writing in a chart, & a nursing student approached me to ask me some questions about one of my patients, since she will be having the patient tomorrow. I found myself giving her a quick summary of the patient's diagnosis, past medical history, why I was giving her blood transfusions today, etc. It was honestly the weirdest feeling to have a student come up to me & ask if I was the patient's nurse when I was a nursing student myself just 3 months ago!!!! Has anyone else had this strange experience? :) I guess it really made me see how far I've come-kind of neat!

-Christine

It is cool isn't it seeing how far you have come. I have been blessed to have students while I was doing orientation and it really did bring things full circle to see that I had made it. I took a lower paying position at one of the hospitals that my school did clinicals at so I could have students and try to give them a positive experience. I am excited about the students coming back in a couple of weeks now that I am on my own.

I definately will keep jnettes words of wisdom about remembering when I was a student and always try to treat them the best that I can.

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Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

I was an LPN for 26 years and now an RN for the past 4 years. It still amazes me to see RN printed behind my name ! I hope the rush never wears off. You go girl !!!:nurse:

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Specializes in Neuro, Critical Care.
Wow, I really feel like an RN now because today I was writing in a chart, & a nursing student approached me to ask me some questions about one of my patients, since she will be having the patient tomorrow. I found myself giving her a quick summary of the patient's diagnosis, past medical history, why I was giving her blood transfusions today, etc. It was honestly the weirdest feeling to have a student come up to me & ask if I was the patient's nurse when I was a nursing student myself just 3 months ago!!!! Has anyone else had this strange experience? :) I guess it really made me see how far I've come-kind of neat!

-Christine

Congrats..I cant wait to be in your shoes!

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Specializes in ACNP-BC.
I was an LPN for 26 years and now an RN for the past 4 years. It still amazes me to see RN printed behind my name ! I hope the rush never wears off. You go girl !!!:nurse:

I feel like I get a rush all the time at work too! :) Like all it takes is for a patient of mine to tell someone on the phone " Oh, my nurse is in here with me" & I think it is so cool to be called a nurse finally! And then whenever I do something for the first time(like I hung two bags of blood yesterday) or if I feel I did something well (like when I explained to my patient the S & S of an adverse transfusion rxn she should be on the lookout for-I always walk out of the room with this huge smile on my face & feel so giddy about it! :) I bet the other nurses around me are thinking I'm looney! :lol2: I just feel like even though I get stressed & tired, I still can't believe I get paid so much money for doing a job I really love! I hope I always feel this way.

-Christine

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.
I feel like I get a rush all the time at work too! :) Like all it takes is for a patient of mine to tell someone on the phone " Oh, my nurse is in here with me" & I think it is so cool to be called a nurse finally! And then whenever I do something for the first time(like I hung two bags of blood yesterday) or if I feel I did something well (like when I explained to my patient the S & S of an adverse transfusion rxn she should be on the lookout for-I always walk out of the room with this huge smile on my face & feel so giddy about it! :) I bet the other nurses around me are thinking I'm looney! :lol2: I just feel like even though I get stressed & tired, I still can't believe I get paid so much money for doing a job I really love! I hope I always feel this way.

-Christine

I love it.. just love hearing this ! So cool. :)

Yes, even after three years, I get excited to learn or do something new, to teach something to an interested patient or coworker or student... still get that glow and grin going on. :D

I've been a "pretend nurse" nearly all my adult life, and now I'm legit, and it just feels so good.

If ONLY we weren't always so rushed, I and my patients would get so much more out of it. And I'd have more time to bask in my revelation that yes, I'm really a nurse ! :wink2:

Keep that feeling ! It's too good to let slip away ! :kiss

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i just cant seem to get used to the fact that i am actually a nurse...case in point...today i was scrubbed in for a c-section and one of the residents asked me if i was a new student...even though she was referring to the new med students we have floating around, i am so used to calling myself a student that i just said yes i am..then i was like "no no im a nurse!!!"... :rotfl:

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Imagine that, Christine. You really are a nurse! Sounds like things are going better for you today. Hope that keeps up.

Joyce

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