Category Archives: Student nurse stories

When she said she would overnight my transcripts on Thursday, I wanted to believe her. I really did. But I knew she was full of it,  and I was right. At noon today, I got a call from the woman … Continue reading →

I wrote out this long blog entry explaining to you guys why I haven’t been posting lately. But after reading it before I posted it, I realized that is was way too negative and depressing to make you guys read. … Continue reading →

I answered my phone this morning and heard, "Hi Katie, this is bla bla bla, the dean of your nursing school."   Why is the dean of my school calling? Within a second, I had all sorts of possible reasons … Continue reading →

The first day of nursing school. How can those six words cause so much fear, panic, and excitement in the hearts of nursing students everywhere? I will never forget my first day of orientation. I sat there looking around at … Continue reading →

There is a long-term care facility in the same hospital as our ER. On occasion, the doctors will send an elderly patient down to the ER for some problem that they are having. Yesterday, Vicki and I had one of … Continue reading →

Removing an IV is a simple and basic skill that I learned early on in nursing school. You remove the tape holding the IV in place, place a cotton ball over the site where the IV is, and then pull … Continue reading →

One of the perks of being an ER nurse is that you get to hear a lot of interesting stories from people who have somehow or another hurt themselves. From these stories, I have learned what not to do:~ Sit … Continue reading →

Vicki, my preceptor, is an angel. At the beginning of our shift yesterday, she gathered together IV supplies, sat down at a table in the break room, and told me to start an IV on her so she could teach … Continue reading →

Today was an interesting day. Vicki told me to go pick the next patient up from the waiting room, take him or her back to their ER room, and begin their assessment. To complete the assessment, the nurse must document … Continue reading →

I had an incredible time at my clinical today! It was a long day- I was at school or in the hospital from 9am-11pm, but it was worth it. I loved almost everything about it. My preceptor Vicki (the nurse … Continue reading →