Last night was our first clinical day for our Complex Family rotation. Hey, I got to wear the green “2nd year” scrubs, so that was good. Our typical shift will be 3pm-3am, but due to a conflict with another clinical group, all we did yesterday was attend a brief hospital orientation and learn a little about the computer system. After we finished at the hospital, we headed back to campus for a short lecture by the clinical instructor. Read the rest of this entry »
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Psych Clinical Complete
20
Sep
Just finished up our psych clinical today. I can’t believe how fast the past five weeks have gone! It hardly seems long enough, but we were all able to work through all three phases of the therapeutic relationship – Orientation, Working, and Termination. When we started, it felt like there was no way that we were ever going to get past the orientation phase. It was so awkward and uncomfortable walking into the clinical location. We nervously took turns Read the rest of this entry »
Lazy Care Planning
03
Sep
I was shocked when our clinical instructor announced “No interventions from a book.” How in the world was I going to come up with interventions for my patient? Was I just supposed to pull something out of my… Read the rest of this entry »
Time Management Is Key
25
Aug
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I’ve said it before in this blog, and I’ll say it again. The key to success in nursing school is to become an expert at time management. I found out that I’ll be putting my time management skills to the test this semester. I spent last evening putting all of my class assignments into my favorite assignment management app, Schoolhouse, and I came up with a count of 181 assignments that are due over the course of the next 15 weeks. Actually, there are 182 assignments, but one of the assignments is a “surprise” in-class activity that will be announced the day it is due. I tried to get a date out of the instructor, but she’s didn’t fall for my sweet talk. Read the rest of this entry »
Here We Go Again
24
Aug
Here I sit just a few short hours before the first nursing lectures of my second year begin, and I’m ready to get going. Well, some of us actually got started yesterday. My clinical group started the psych clinical rotation yesterday. I enjoyed it, and I think everyone else in the group did as well. I know the residents in the facility Read the rest of this entry »
