NCLEX

If you are looking for the Capstone/NCLEX ordeal skip down to *****

This week I did better working with my nurses. I communicated well and got tasks accomplished. I followed one nurse who had a very loud personality. I had to tell her, honestly, that her awesome personality was making it hard for me to take charge of patient care alongside of her and to be assertive. She could see where that could be true. She has her way of doing things and she has an awesome rapport with her patients. She walked right in that morning, knowing them from yesterday, and was firing away with the day’s plans. As the dust would settle they would look at me and say who are you? Of course this made me feel awful for not introducing myself… but looking back at it, there’s not a ton I would change. I try not to interrupt the nurse I’m following.

      One of my weaknesses has been showing up more and more. I have never been a systematic person, and while this may be ok for certain things it is definitely getting in my way because I do get frustrated at myself and apparently other people can tell. This is not ok. Today I have decided this issue must be addressed. I don’t have to get “flustered”. What does that actually do to address the issue though. Any thoughts on how you change a very core personality trait? Disorganization, and repeating steps is something I usually cope with very well and it doesn’t bother me, as long as no one notices and it has no other major effect/harm. It can cause serious problems though and I have to work on it.

    An challenge I faced was to not be helping patients endlessly. I eventually ended up asking the care assistants to help with time consuming basic care needs. No one likes a student to ask them to do something. Patient needs are put first before other tasks/learning etc, but there’s a lot of patient needs and the entire care team has to work together to promptly address those. Sometimes the more you do to help, the more people will let you do. We are walking into the RN role and have to start thinking like one.

  ***** 3/8/19 I had a conversation with my instructor about how I have made mistakes on assignments, the last 2 weeks, and how I have not completed what I need to in the correct time frame etc… We have just switched over to a new system of NCLEX review modules and have an online instructor. Here is what I sent to my instructor who basically just “proctors” this class right now. “After discussing capstone in more depth with other classmates I have come to the realization that not everyone is on the same page, that capstone is not user friendly, and that the calendar is confusing (not just for me). I have emailed the instructor, as you know, and have not gotten helpful replies, so I will be in closer contact with my class. Yesterday half of the class thought the pharm 2 assessment was due because the calendar has pharm 2 assessment listed for March 7th; the other half of the class is still “positive” that this assessment is due Sunday because on calendar the exact wording under march 7th is “Take Pharmacology 2 assessment due by Sunday midnight”. Why do they even place it on Thursday if it’s due Sunday? It really doesn’t matter in the long run as long as I pass, but it is very frustrating to me. I am also trying to figure out who the other student is that is in danger in capstone, but I hope you were informed that Carol dropped. Was it her?  Thanks -signed me