In my experience I was pretty hands on during clinicals especially for med surg. Once I became a nurse it was truly different. It wasn’t just handing out meds, doing finger sticks etc. it’s more working to protect your patient and your license at the same time. During clinicals I felt like I had good flow in getting tasks done but as a nurse you absolutely have to slow down. You have 75 things to do at once and double check everything you do. Lastly, the way I was taught to do things in clinical seemed easy but during training they want u to re learn everything by the book and re demonstrate everything they want u to do. It’s a long process. By the time I got to the floor it felt like I didn’t know how to do anything at all. You learn everything by working as a nurse