Your heart-racing or sphincter-tightening experiences as a student?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

To watch it: eye blocks (I clamped my jaw so tightly that I was sore for a while afterwards!)

To assist with it: interventions for a patient in laryngospasm (learned a LOT though!)

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

Whoops, wrong forum! Sorry!

ETA: I reported my own post and requested that it be moved. :o

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

I'll respond anyway. Very mundane: tripping over a Foley.

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My whole clinical experience :lol2:

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

Hx: worked in several military hospitals as a medic and started and maintained IVs every day before attending civilian PN school

One of my assigned patients was due for a new bag of NS - hung a new bag without ever thinking to consult the instructor. Shortly after I hung the bag the instructor approached me with excitement,"guess what you get to do today" she said - I instantly realized my huge mistake.

After, "You did WHAT?" and the obligatory lecture (delivered very graciously), I was let off with a slap on the wrist. Thanks for merciful instructors.

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Specializes in cardiac-telemetry, hospice, ICU.

When a Baker-acted patient (sort of house arrest held due to a danger to themselves) slipped past her sitter, got fully dressed and was apprehended at the elevator. They called a 'code gray' and swarmed the area. She was nasty, abusive, threatening........until 2 very large security people took her to who knows where?

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Specializes in CNA.

The most stressful experiences in nursing school were definitely the skills checkoffs. I hated them.

Give me a real patient in clinical and I can handle anything that happens and get anything you want done. Give me a mannequin and I have no clue.

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