I am thoroughly enjoying my time off...unfortunately it is gong by WAY TOO FAST!! How is it Thursday already?! I haven't even looked at my school work...I will most likely start organizing and maybe do a little reading sometime today or tomorrow...or Saturday, or Sunday. I do have orientation material I have to go through before day 1 of clinical which is a few short days away!
I am lucky to have two carpool buddies for our first clinical placement. We met at K.'s house and all drove together to see the best route and timing to get to the hospital. It was ridiculously hot out and halfway to the hospital torrential downpour came. Traffic was a mess and what should have taken maybe 30 minutes turned into about an hour drive. This was midday, so hopefully at 6am, traffic will be a lot less. I plan to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow and do my our trial run, just to see what the traffic situation is at that hour. I am a little perplexed with the carpool situation. I live closest to the hospital and it seems (this coming from me who has NO sense of direction) driving to K or A's houses to meet and drive together is not a great plan for me. I would be driving the opposite direction to just then turn around and drive back. The plus side of this is having my classmates to decompress with after a long 9 hour day and also to maybe calm my nerves on the way to the hospital. I will take my Erin's advice and try it for a couple days. Worst case, I can just drive myself, best case my carpool buddies will drive to my house and we leave from here! I'll keep you posted.
Part of me is so excited to be in a hospital and see nurses working, interact with patients and practice the skills I have learned. The other part of me is TERRIFIED! I am scared that I will screw up, make major mistakes, get so nervous I forget everything or make my patient angry! The list could go on and on!! Our clinical instructor sounds really nice. We have only had email interaction, but the tone of her emails sound very understanding and thorough. In the meantime, I will enjoy my last few days of break!!
You will do fantastic at clinical!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you get a week off...you deserve it! Also, we all tell you that you will thrive in the clinical setting because its true! I think you are not only learning nursing skills but also learning to trust yourself and recognize your own intelligence and capabilities! I have no doubt you are one of the best in your class.
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