OBSTETRIC CLINICALS
Obstetric Clinicals By this time you should be on the home stretch to finishing nursing school. Obstetric (OB) clinicals are usually the last major clinical rotation a student will have to master. During this rotation, nursing students will education patients about maternity, labor and delivery, and infant care. Students will experience patients that are [...]
PRECEPTING CLINICALS
Precepting Clinicals Nurse’s skills are aimed to be developed by using an adequate amount of technical training. The last semester of nursing school will prepare a student for technical and psychological situations. A preceptor is a nurse that teaches in an ambulatory care setting skills in nursing, assessments, facilitate learning, mentoring and giving positive [...]
PEDIATRIC CLINICALS PART II
Pediatric Clinicals Part II Mathematical and assessment skills need to be mastered during this clinical rotation. By this time, you should have been to at least 2-3 other clinical settings and should be comfortable enough to perform a descent physical assessment. Two students may be assigned to one patient, depending on how large you [...]
SURVIVING CLINICALS
Surviving Clinicals During nursing school, you have to complete clinical rotations. A certain amount of hours must be completed before moving on to the next semester. The clinical rotation hours vary every semester. There is usually no letter grade, just pass or fail. Almost every nursing school has lecture, lab, and hospital and community clinicals. [...]
SURVIVING CLINICALS
Surviving Clinicals During nursing school, you have to complete clinical rotations. A certain amount of hours must be completed before moving on to the next semester. The clinical rotation hours vary every semester. There is usually no letter grade, just pass or fail. Almost every nursing school has lecture, lab, and hospital and community clinicals. [...]
PRE AND POST CONFERENCE – CLINICAL ROTATIONS
Pre and Post Conference Before and after your clinical rotation, you will meet with your clinical instructor. There are usually about 8-12 other nursing students in a clinical group at one time. Which is another reason why there is a nursing shortage. There are not enough instructors to take more students, but that’s another story. [...]