Coffee break?

Coffee break?
Whatever happened to working smarter and not harder?

Monday, September 17, 2012

First day of clinicals.

   September 12, 2012 was my first experience as a clinical instructor for San Joaquin Delta College RN students, awesome! I showed up on a regularly scheduled work day to find my unit was over staffed.  I saw the SJDC student nurses arrive on the unit and had an "ah-ha" moment. The clinical instructor for the day Terrye Moore-Harper, RN, MSN was very excited about allowing me to shadow her for the day.
 Terrye has ten students assigned; two in the intensive care unit,  two students are assigned to the emergency department, and six students remain with Terrye on the medical-surgical unit.  Each student is expected to care for and administer medications to two patients.  Pharmacology is a major focus because the students take an online pharmacology course. They must be prepared with the why is this patient taking this drug? how is it excreted? and what are the possible side effects? before any medication is administered.  In the post-clinical conference, Terrye gave a 15min. lecture that focused on time management strategies to help the student organize themselves.

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now"
~Napolean Hill