A bit on my first assignment
Jun
20
Our first clinical assignment in nursing school was to spend a month in a long-term care facility (not a nursing home). I’m sure the ideas behind this were…
- Orient students to patient care
- Care for patients not acutely ill, therefore unlikely to accidentally kill
- Get used to touching people
- Learn what C. diff smells like right away
- Get used to waking up before the sun
- Weed out the weak of heart
- Practice the art of powergrabbing from the clutches of LVNs and CNAs
I had a clinical instructor who was straight out of a cartoon, worthy of her own theme song even. The funniest Latina woman I’ve ever met in my life who nicknamed me guera. She wasn’t much of a teacher because she didn’t care for long-term facilities much herself, but she managed to slog us through the tasks and give me a decent review. She teased me a lot and said I needed expand my Spanish skills beyond Speedy Gonzalez. As much as I enjoyed her, I am praying I don’t get her again in a future assignment. I need to learn something, not yuk it up all day long!
July 3rd, 2010 at 5:46
just saying hi!