Well on the last day of skills check off of my second semester nursing students I was ready to scream. Trying to keep a blank face as they calculated and drew up meds for injection was difficult. Especially with the mistakes being made. I started to draw on the back of the calculation answer sheet. It started out pleasant enough. Rolling hills, a house, a tree with a swing. then added the turtle starting to cross the road (my dream of being run over at put out of misery). I added animals, Buck on a tractor. My friend Della added the kids. Somewhere around hour 6 of this torture I drew some geometric figures in the sky. I realized that was the answer...the aliens had arrived to strip the earth of trees. I ran toward them and not away and ran right into a tractor beam. In my head this song was playing by Styx.
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
Ive got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Well search for tomorrow on every shore
And Ill try, oh lord, Ill try to carry on
I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever, so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
But well try best that we can to carry on
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
Singing come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Unfortunately, they never came and when classes resume I will have 20 students for remediation on medication administration. What bothered me was that only one student was upset at the prospect of killing a patient, she became hysterical when she realized the mistake she was about to make, the others were just irritated that i failed them on the check off and that I am such a pain about correct dosage, correct medication, correct needle. Whats wrong with a SQ from a 20 gauge? They were so self righteous that they were right and I was wrong. they have been in nursing school for 16 weeks, and I have been a nurse for 20+ years. I have never had a class like this before. My rant is over, back to single parenting my kids.
2 comments:
Any nursing student who wants to GIVE a SQ with a 20-gauge needle should have to GET a SQ with a 20-gauge needle. OUCH!!
That is so sad -- and so NOT surprising -- about the pathetic state of nursing students today. A crappy economy will send way too many unqualified applicants to school seeking a stable and secure job like nursing. I've decided that I am just NEVER going to let myself or anyone in my family get sick or have surgery again...that way we won't be risking our lives with all of those scary nurses!!
Teresa =)
Yes I too have seeen a lot of stupid nurses- I am so careful to recheck myself even if it means I do not get a break or a lunch- Being a Nurse today means 12 hours of caring ,sometimes doing someone else work and really doing some work of the Doctors that are to lazy to come in and see their patinets! Can you tell I just finished my 40 hours of night shift!! LOL! Call me we need a fun Night out! To Bad Teresa does live closer!
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