during clinicals, do you ever secretly feel better if a nurse/preceptor or instructor steps in and can't do it either? During my senior practicum clinical yesterday my preceptor gave me the opportunity to access a power port. It hadn't been accessed in several weeks and the patient said it gave the chemo nurses trouble, but my preceptor let me have a go anyway. I couldn't get it, of course, so she stepped in and gave it a whirl. She couldn't either, so she called in the charge nurse who was unable to access it as well.It made me feel like less of a jackass when they had to call in an oncology nurse to do it and she still had trouble
DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN 1,564 Posts Specializes in IMCU. Has 12 years experience. Apr 9, 2010 I know I feel better but I bet the patient doesn't.
