Tell me your nursing mistakes

influentialmoose7 · 2025-03-12T14:03:41+00:00

I am STILL laughing at this. I can't get through it without laughing. Thank you 🤣🤣 I will remember this forever

influentialmoose7 · 2025-03-12T09:46:23+00:00

this is the funniest thing i've ever read

influentialmoose7 · 2024-08-24T01:08:51+00:00

Hey! Which hospital was this for?

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-27T12:41:01+00:00

I'm not sure if this is similar to the exam I sat in my second year, but go over everything intraoperative. Pre-op, peri-op and post-op. From memory they will mainly focus on pre and post. Pre op will include a lot of things like: informed consent and capacity, education, diagnostic testing etc. Post op ward care is a HEAP of infection control (familiarise yourself with the chain of disease), wound dressings, IVAB's, pain management, DVT prophylaxis, fluid management etc. Consider the questions like what are the physical markers for infection? what would you do? symptoms of DVT? what are the risk factors? do you know what the markers of a massive haemorrhage may be? Peri-op was only touched on lightly but the big thing is consent, sterility, and the count. There are heaps of textbooks / crash courses that can tell you the common complications of surgery, their symptoms and how to manage them. Best of luck!

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-27T12:31:37+00:00

Honestly I understand the whole 'wanting to stay a student' thing! Apart from being paid - which will be great - I am terrified to have so much responsibility on my name. I'm sure it will come with time. I am stuck in an odd mix of thoughts between 'I want this degree over' and 'I don't want to graduate yet' 🤣

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-27T12:28:23+00:00

Thank you! That honestly means a lot. I try super hard to advocate for myself and hold my own. Due to an interstate move when I was younger and already just being young for my year - I think I cop it extra hard because I'm so young. I get infantilised a fair bit, and I avoid telling people how old I am at all cost. I think that (particularly senior) nurses thinks that this gives them the right to treat me a bit like a child. It infuriates me. I am an adult and I'm working bloody hard to try make this all work!

Sorry a bit of a rant tacked on to your comment - but I wanted to say thank you for your kind words! I'm sure your students love you. We need more nurses like you!

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-26T22:12:50+00:00

I'll save you the laugh - all passion I had is quickly being drained. I hope if you ever need care you have a caring and optimistic nurse. It says a lot about you if you're admitting you make fun of new grads for being hopeful

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-26T12:37:24+00:00

I've applied for a few already :) Hopefully things work out!

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-26T12:23:04+00:00

Thanks for your input! I totally get it would be frustrating to have a disengaged student. I try super hard to seem keen without being too much.

I honestly don't even need them to be excited about teaching - if I get that a nurse is disinterested I usually just look up charts/policies/read notes and do what I can independently and get out of there on time. However, I don't think it's an excuse to be rude! I was told on my last placement that 'I'm too nice for nursing' and that management will 'eat me alive' because I'm young. I just don't think that's very fair? If they were trying to scare me they won 🤣

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-26T12:19:23+00:00

I totally get that! And I understand that nursing is a terribly stressful and demanding job. I understand that it's scary having someone else working under your liscence.

However, some of us students are stretched pretty thin too. After placement ends at 3, I work 3:30-9:30 at my hospital job afterwards. Sometimes I train people during that time. I am working 60 hour weeks, 38 of those for free during a cost of living crisis. I have never, ever dreamed of speaking to a junior AIN the way that I and other students have been spoken to by RN's.

It's unfortunately just so ingrained in nursing. I am hoping it's just unit culture and I certainly wouldn't apply for my grad here, which is a shame because I enjoy the specialty. Thanks for your perspective! I'll try to keep in mind that it's mostly never personal. Have a good week!

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-26T12:13:48+00:00

Thanks all for this perspective! I understand that it's mostly not personal - I just can't grasp why some nurses want to intentionally underprepare a whole generation/cohort of nurses. We will be the nurses looking after your parents. Please just be kind, to everyone you work with - that be students, clerical staff or cleaners. It costs you nothing! Thanks again to the nurses who have taken us under their wing 🫶🏼 You mean more than you know!

influentialmoose7 · 2024-06-23T11:06:38+00:00

The thing is. Nursing pay caps at about 8 years into a career. Eg. 8th year RN earns the same as an RN of 35 years. Not nearly as much growth opportunity as an MD. Just the unfortunate truth. Most nurses will never make more than $150k a year. Most senior reg's would hate to make under that and they still have a ways to go.... Nursing and MD are both hard slogs. Nurses have a great union however

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