February 28, 2024 • 17 mins
Are you ready to level up your clinical skills with Nurse Lauren's exclusive top 10 tips? I'm here to guide you through the crucial steps to ensure you shine during your rotations. First impressions last, so be the early bird in scrubs, setting a professional vibe from the get-go. But it's not just about clock-watching; it's about seizing every opportunity to network and volunteer, which can unlock invaluable hands-on experiences. Let's talk about presenting yourself with confidence and mastering your emotional well-being to handle the intense world of patient care.
Wave goodbye to phone distractions and hello to strategic study sessions using tools like Level Up RN flashcards during your downtime. In this episode, I share pearls of wisdom on professional conduct, including smart phone usage—reserve your screen time for clinical resources, not social media scrolls. I want you to say 'yes' to every procedure that comes your way, from injections to catheter insertions. Embrace the supportive learning environment and remember, perfection isn't the goal—growth is. So tune in, get inspired, and join us on a mission to put more exceptional nurses into the world with the Nursing Student Coach podcast. 🩺📚
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is the nursing student coach giving you the
strategies you need the most.
Hello everybody, and welcome onin.
This is Nurse Lauren, and todayI have a special episode for
you.
I promised to deliver, by theend of season two, my top 10
(00:24):
tips for success in clinical.
So instead of dividing them upover different episodes, as I
have been doing, I decided to doone episode with all 10 top
clinical tips for success,because you spend about half of
your time in nursing school inclinical and I've been through
(00:46):
it and I understand thatsometimes you just want clinical
to end, you want to get back tostudying because it doesn't
feel as immediately important asyour exams.
I fully understand that.
But let me tell you, assomebody who has crossed to the
other side and is now working asa nurse, those clinical hours
(01:09):
are so important.
Any opportunity that you cantake to practice your skills, to
get comfortable interactingwith patients is so crucial to
your success.
So here we go.
I'm going to roll them out, mytop 10 tips for success in
clinical.
Some of these you've heardbefore, but never altogether.
(01:33):
Number one is to arrive early.
I've talked about this before.
You are setting the tone.
This is the beginning of yourprofessional career.
You may be working in this samehospital, on the same unit,
with these same people.
Your clinical instructor may beyour coworker or your boss in
(01:55):
the future.
They may be a gateway to yourfirst job, or a job 10 years
down the line, you have no idea.
So start now with good habits,and that means arriving early.
If you have to be there atseven and you're meeting your
instructor at a certain spot atseven or 645, plan to be there
(02:17):
at least 15 minutes early.
And if you're there reallyearly, great.
Have your coffee, go find thecafeteria, sit and study for a
little bit.
You want to be there and youwant to be the one that's
reliable that your professorsays well, we all know Jack is
going to be on time, or whoever.
So get into the habit now.
(02:40):
Arrive early.
Do not be the one thateverybody is waiting for.
It is incredibly frustratingwhen you're just standing around
always waiting for the sameperson.
We all have to deal with thesame traffic.
We all have to deal with thesemorning things and of course,
there will be exceptions.
But arrive early.
Number two talk to everyonethat you possibly can Introduce
(03:02):
yourself.
I think there's a problem withclinical that I hear a lot is
that the nurses were justannoyed that we were there.
They didn't really want to helpus, they didn't really care
that we were there.
And, yes, there will be nurseswho are annoyed by your presence
, right.
But I can tell you now as anurse and we don't have students
(03:23):
in my unit because we're in anemergency room and the students
just don't really come in therefor clinical but, as somebody
who's been through clinical andhas worked with some of those
grumpy nurses, what they reallywant is to know that you are
there to help them.
So if you just say, hi, I'mLauren, I'm here with clinical
(03:45):
today and I just wanted to letyou know I'm here if you need
anything and let me tell you,they will really appreciate that
.
Even if it's something as smallas you know getting a blanket
for a patient or something likethat that is an opportunity,
because if they see that you'rewilling to help them, they're
going to be more likely to callyou into a room and say, hey,
(04:07):
would you like to help me put inthis Foley?
Or have you ever given aheparin injection, or something
like that the opportunities willopen themselves if you make
yourself available.
But if you're sitting in thecorner texting on your phone,
just bored, because you don'twant to be there, then you're
not going to get thoseopportunities.
So introduce yourself toeverybody.
(04:29):
Any opportunity you passanother nurse in the hallway,
just say Hi, I'm Lauren, I'mhere for a few hours.
If you need anything, I'm astudent, and that will go a long
way.
Number three and this kind ofgoes hand in hand with number
two ask what you can do to help.
Let's pretend for a minuteyou're paired with a nurse,
because each clinical experienceis going to be different.
Sometimes you're paired with anurse and sometimes you're only
(04:52):
with your clinical instructor.
It just it depends on yourprogram, it depends on the unit.
But let's say you're with anurse and maybe they are not so
happy that they have a student.
Well, ask what you can do tohelp.
Don't just stand there and justwatch them.
You're not going to get muchfrom that.
But if you say, hey, is thereanything that I can do to help
(05:15):
you?
Anything I can do to help makeyour job easier, I'm here to
help you.
I don't want to be in your way.
I would love to learn as muchas possible.
But is there anything I can doto help.
That will go a long way, andwith patience too.
Is there anything I can get foryou?
And you're going to be limited.
There's certain things that youcan't do yet or that you don't
(05:36):
know where things are.
But figure it out.
If they want a toothbrush,can't be that hard.
Go into the supply room, ask tobe let in.
Go with your instructor, find atoothbrush.
These things will give you moreopportunities in the future.
Number four have your emotionalcoping mechanisms.
(05:57):
Let me tell you what I mean.
You're going to see somedifficult things.
You're going to see somedifficult cases.
Inevitably You're going tointeract with patients who
remind you of certain people inyour lives, maybe who have
passed.
It's going to hit you out ofnowhere.
You're going to see difficultthings.
That's part of this job, that'spart of this career, and you
(06:22):
cannot let it impact you to thepoint where you're going to
break down and not be able toperform and do your job.
You have to find your own waysto cope with the difficult
things that you're going to see.
So, whatever that means for you,if you can somehow just
compartmentalize it when you'rethere and then maybe later when
(06:46):
it hits you on your drive home,have your cry and write in your
journal about it.
Talk to somebody.
If it's really difficult foryou, maybe find your instructor,
find a friend and just find aprivate place and just talk it
out for a few minutes, deal withit, cope and then go back to
work.
You cannot bring that, I guess,emotional breakdown into the
(07:11):
room with you.
You got to just do it somewhereelse, cope and find your way.
Sometimes things are just toomuch to deal with and I have a
technique, I have a hack.
It's going to sound reallysilly, but if there was
something that I just couldn'tdeal with, at least in that
moment I pretended I wassomebody else.
(07:31):
I literally would just pretendI was in a movie and I was
playing the nurse and I would gothrough all the actions, do all
the things and I would justremove myself from it and
process it later.
I'm not saying push it awayforever, but you have to find
your ways now because thosethings will build up and get to
(07:52):
you and it will impact your workat some point.
So this work can be difficultand you have to find your ways
to cope.
Okay, number five I've said thisbefore do not take any
unnecessary absences.
Your clinical is an opportunityfor you to step into your
(08:15):
future self as a nurse and seewhat it will be like.
Do not take an unnecessaryabsence because you don't feel
like going, because I promiseyou what will happen is when you
need that absence, whensomething actually happens, when
you get sick or some sort oflife circumstance causes you not
to be able to go.
(08:36):
You will wish that you hadgotten out of bed that day and
went.
And let me tell you somethingelse when you really really
don't wanna go, that's when themagic can happen.
Part of this is just showing upand being there, and once
you're there you'll be so glad.
I remember there was one dayand I've shared this story
(08:57):
before there was one day Ireally just didn't feel like it.
I was burned out.
I just didn't feel like goingto my maternity clinical, and
that was the day I got to see anemergency C-section of twins
and as an experience I willnever forget.
So go to clinical.
Don't take unnecessary absences.
(09:17):
Six this is kind of a silly onehave lots of pockets.
If you're shopping for scrubpants and you're in doubt, look
for the most pockets youpossibly can have, because you
will need to put things in yourpockets all day long.
You're gonna need your phone inthere, you're going to need
pens, you're going to needtissues, snacks.
(09:39):
Get as many pockets as you can,both in your scrub pants and
your scrub top.
That's an easy one.
Okay, number seven medications,pharmacology.
Whenever in your journey you'retaking pharmacology, it is one
of, if not the most importantclass, because it is with you
(10:01):
all the time.
You're going to see it in otherclasses and you're going to see
it every day.
As a nurse, how manymedications do I give every day?
So, so many.
And in clinical, this is yourtime, this is your play time and
your learning time.
And when it comes tomedications, you're going to see
(10:22):
a lot of medications beinggiven.
Right down the names of all themedications that you see being
administered.
Right down both the brand nameand the generic name, because in
nursing school you're onlylearning the generic because
that's what's on NCLEX, right.
But when you're in real lifeand I'm sure you've seen it in
clinical in practice alreadythose two names the brand and
(10:45):
the generic, are interchangeable.
Providers and patients willtell you the brand name,
probably more often than not,and if you can get just a little
bit ahead now and just say, ohokay, a Torvastatin is Lipitor
and just start putting thattogether a few at a time.
(11:06):
You'll be that much furtherahead when you are in real life.
I mean you're in clinical,you're in real life.
But you know what I mean whenyou are a licensed organ nurse.
Knowing the brand and thegeneric, it puts you so much
further ahead and you have anopportunity.
Every time you're at clinicalyou see real life medications
(11:27):
being given.
Okay, what did that patient get?
What's the brand?
What's the generic?
Why are you giving thismedication?
What's it for?
Why are they taking it?
Because it can have manydifferent purposes and what are
the potential side effects.
Just start drilling thosemedications and you'll start.
When you see something on anexam, you'll say, oh, I actually
(11:48):
gave that on Tuesday.
I can tell you all about it.
It's your opportunity and takeit.
Okay, number eight your phone.
We all need our phones.
We all have our phones.
You know, all the time Duringclinical, do not pull out your
phone to do anything other thanlookup medications or clinical
(12:10):
related things.
Now, of course, you're gonnahave a text here and there Go
off somewhere privately.
Don't be the one.
Don't be the student that'ssitting on your phone scrolling
through TikTok looking bored.
It's not a good look and, likeI said, this could be your
future place of employment and,if not, all some of those nurses
(12:31):
, some of those supervisors,your clinical instructor.
They are all watching and youwant to be engaged.
You want to be taking thisseriously because this is the
beginning.
This is the beginning of yourprofessional career and if
you're not taking it seriouslynow, what are you doing?
So use that phone very, verystrategically.
(12:56):
It doesn't look good to pull itout at all, even if you're
looking up meds, like Iunderstand.
Try not to Don't use it forpersonal reasons, unless it's
super quick and you're like offin a break room or something.
I know we all have things thatwe got to do.
Don't overuse your phone.
It's not a good look.
You want to take this seriously.
(13:17):
Take every opportunity that youcan Number nine flashcards.
Take this opportunity if thereis downtime because of course,
there will be downtime atclinical sometimes and what you
can do instead of scrollingthrough TikTok on your phone is
keep flashcards in your pocket.
I would always bring like ashort stack of flashcards and if
(13:38):
there was time in between,especially like if you take a
break.
Sometimes you get really longbreaks at clinical and instead
of, you know, talking to yourfriends and that's important too
you got to.
You know, have your nursingschool friends, but take this
opportunity to study, and havingflashcards in your pocket makes
it so easy.
Like, let's say, you have a medsurge exam coming up and it's
(14:01):
on GI.
Get some flashcards.
Either make them that's thecheapest way to do it.
Make some flashcards.
Or there's a great set offlashcards from Level Up RN that
I highly recommend.
I'll put the link in thedescription of the show.
Put some of those in yourpocket.
I can't tell you how muchfurther ahead you will be if you
(14:23):
take that opportunity to studyand study flashcards that can
fit into your pocket.
Okay, number 10, and I'dprobably say this is the most
important one Number 10 is tovolunteer for everything.
Put your hand up.
If a nurse, if your instructor,says would anybody like to blah
(14:47):
, blah, blah?
You put your hand up.
You do it.
I don't care how scared you are,I don't care how nervous you
are.
I don't care if you've neverdone it.
I don't care if you are afraidyou're going to look silly, do
it.
The more hands-on skills thatyou can practice now, even if
you forget all of the stepslater.
(15:07):
Like, let's say, you're goingto put in a fully catheter, your
instructor is going to be therewalking you through it and to
do it once, twice, three timesat clinical.
When you go to do it again whenyou're working, you're going to
be that much further aheadbecause it's in your muscle
memory.
(15:28):
Do the things that scare you.
Give that insulin, give thatlovin ox shot, start that IV.
Whatever opportunities arepresented to you, you be the
first one there to say, yes, Iwant to do it.
And you will be so glad thatyou did.
You'll be so proud that yousaid, screw this, I'm gonna put
(15:52):
my hand up and I'm going to dothis.
You're a nurse.
You have to learn how to do allthese things and this is the
best time to practice, becauseyou're a student and you're
under your instructor's license.
Nobody's gonna let you fail andyou're not gonna look silly and
everybody feels the same way asyou do.
Everybody feels nervous to doit.
So just do it and I promise you, even if you're shaking and
(16:15):
you're scared, you're gonna doit and the next time you're
gonna be even more confident andit's going to go even better.
So, guys, that wraps it up.
These are my top 10 tips forsuccess in clinical, and I hope
that it helps you.
I hope that some of theseresonated with you.
It is my personal mission tohelp put more great nurses into
(16:37):
the world.
Next week we'll get back toexam strategies.
I just wanted to finish up thatlist that I had promised to
deliver of my top 10 and, untilnext time, have an amazing day.
Bye, bye.
Thanks for tuning in to thenursing student coach podcast.
Is the nursing student coach giving you the
strategies you need the most.
Hello everybody, and welcome onin.
This is Nurse Lauren, and todayI have a special episode for
you.
I promised to deliver, by theend of season two, my top 10
(00:24):
tips for success in clinical.
So instead of dividing them upover different episodes, as I
have been doing, I decided to doone episode with all 10 top
clinical tips for success,because you spend about half of
your time in nursing school inclinical and I've been through
(00:46):
it and I understand thatsometimes you just want clinical
to end, you want to get back tostudying because it doesn't
feel as immediately important asyour exams.
I fully understand that.
But let me tell you, assomebody who has crossed to the
other side and is now working asa nurse, those clinical hours
(01:09):
are so important.
Any opportunity that you cantake to practice your skills, to
get comfortable interactingwith patients is so crucial to
your success.
So here we go.
I'm going to roll them out, mytop 10 tips for success in
clinical.
Some of these you've heardbefore, but never altogether.
(01:33):
Number one is to arrive early.
I've talked about this before.
You are setting the tone.
This is the beginning of yourprofessional career.
You may be working in this samehospital, on the same unit,
with these same people.
Your clinical instructor may beyour coworker or your boss in
(01:55):
the future.
They may be a gateway to yourfirst job, or a job 10 years
down the line, you have no idea.
So start now with good habits,and that means arriving early.
If you have to be there atseven and you're meeting your
instructor at a certain spot atseven or 645, plan to be there
(02:17):
at least 15 minutes early.
And if you're there reallyearly, great.
Have your coffee, go find thecafeteria, sit and study for a
little bit.
You want to be there and youwant to be the one that's
reliable that your professorsays well, we all know Jack is
going to be on time, or whoever.
So get into the habit now.
(02:40):
Arrive early.
Do not be the one thateverybody is waiting for.
It is incredibly frustratingwhen you're just standing around
always waiting for the sameperson.
We all have to deal with thesame traffic.
We all have to deal with thesemorning things and of course,
there will be exceptions.
But arrive early.
Number two talk to everyonethat you possibly can Introduce
(03:02):
yourself.
I think there's a problem withclinical that I hear a lot is
that the nurses were justannoyed that we were there.
They didn't really want to helpus, they didn't really care
that we were there.
And, yes, there will be nurseswho are annoyed by your presence
, right.
But I can tell you now as anurse and we don't have students
(03:23):
in my unit because we're in anemergency room and the students
just don't really come in therefor clinical but, as somebody
who's been through clinical andhas worked with some of those
grumpy nurses, what they reallywant is to know that you are
there to help them.
So if you just say, hi, I'mLauren, I'm here with clinical
(03:45):
today and I just wanted to letyou know I'm here if you need
anything and let me tell you,they will really appreciate that
.
Even if it's something as smallas you know getting a blanket
for a patient or something likethat that is an opportunity,
because if they see that you'rewilling to help them, they're
going to be more likely to callyou into a room and say, hey,
(04:07):
would you like to help me put inthis Foley?
Or have you ever given aheparin injection, or something
like that the opportunities willopen themselves if you make
yourself available.
But if you're sitting in thecorner texting on your phone,
just bored, because you don'twant to be there, then you're
not going to get thoseopportunities.
So introduce yourself toeverybody.
(04:29):
Any opportunity you passanother nurse in the hallway,
just say Hi, I'm Lauren, I'mhere for a few hours.
If you need anything, I'm astudent, and that will go a long
way.
Number three and this kind ofgoes hand in hand with number
two ask what you can do to help.
Let's pretend for a minuteyou're paired with a nurse,
because each clinical experienceis going to be different.
Sometimes you're paired with anurse and sometimes you're only
(04:52):
with your clinical instructor.
It just it depends on yourprogram, it depends on the unit.
But let's say you're with anurse and maybe they are not so
happy that they have a student.
Well, ask what you can do tohelp.
Don't just stand there and justwatch them.
You're not going to get muchfrom that.
But if you say, hey, is thereanything that I can do to help
(05:15):
you?
Anything I can do to help makeyour job easier, I'm here to
help you.
I don't want to be in your way.
I would love to learn as muchas possible.
But is there anything I can doto help.
That will go a long way, andwith patience too.
Is there anything I can get foryou?
And you're going to be limited.
There's certain things that youcan't do yet or that you don't
(05:36):
know where things are.
But figure it out.
If they want a toothbrush,can't be that hard.
Go into the supply room, ask tobe let in.
Go with your instructor, find atoothbrush.
These things will give you moreopportunities in the future.
Number four have your emotionalcoping mechanisms.
(05:57):
Let me tell you what I mean.
You're going to see somedifficult things.
You're going to see somedifficult cases.
Inevitably You're going tointeract with patients who
remind you of certain people inyour lives, maybe who have
passed.
It's going to hit you out ofnowhere.
You're going to see difficultthings.
That's part of this job, that'spart of this career, and you
(06:22):
cannot let it impact you to thepoint where you're going to
break down and not be able toperform and do your job.
You have to find your own waysto cope with the difficult
things that you're going to see.
So, whatever that means for you,if you can somehow just
compartmentalize it when you'rethere and then maybe later when
(06:46):
it hits you on your drive home,have your cry and write in your
journal about it.
Talk to somebody.
If it's really difficult foryou, maybe find your instructor,
find a friend and just find aprivate place and just talk it
out for a few minutes, deal withit, cope and then go back to
work.
You cannot bring that, I guess,emotional breakdown into the
(07:11):
room with you.
You got to just do it somewhereelse, cope and find your way.
Sometimes things are just toomuch to deal with and I have a
technique, I have a hack.
It's going to sound reallysilly, but if there was
something that I just couldn'tdeal with, at least in that
moment I pretended I wassomebody else.
(07:31):
I literally would just pretendI was in a movie and I was
playing the nurse and I would gothrough all the actions, do all
the things and I would justremove myself from it and
process it later.
I'm not saying push it awayforever, but you have to find
your ways now because thosethings will build up and get to
(07:52):
you and it will impact your workat some point.
So this work can be difficultand you have to find your ways
to cope.
Okay, number five I've said thisbefore do not take any
unnecessary absences.
Your clinical is an opportunityfor you to step into your
(08:15):
future self as a nurse and seewhat it will be like.
Do not take an unnecessaryabsence because you don't feel
like going, because I promiseyou what will happen is when you
need that absence, whensomething actually happens, when
you get sick or some sort oflife circumstance causes you not
to be able to go.
(08:36):
You will wish that you hadgotten out of bed that day and
went.
And let me tell you somethingelse when you really really
don't wanna go, that's when themagic can happen.
Part of this is just showing upand being there, and once
you're there you'll be so glad.
I remember there was one dayand I've shared this story
(08:57):
before there was one day Ireally just didn't feel like it.
I was burned out.
I just didn't feel like goingto my maternity clinical, and
that was the day I got to see anemergency C-section of twins
and as an experience I willnever forget.
So go to clinical.
Don't take unnecessary absences.
(09:17):
Six this is kind of a silly onehave lots of pockets.
If you're shopping for scrubpants and you're in doubt, look
for the most pockets youpossibly can have, because you
will need to put things in yourpockets all day long.
You're gonna need your phone inthere, you're going to need
pens, you're going to needtissues, snacks.
(09:39):
Get as many pockets as you can,both in your scrub pants and
your scrub top.
That's an easy one.
Okay, number seven medications,pharmacology.
Whenever in your journey you'retaking pharmacology, it is one
of, if not the most importantclass, because it is with you
(10:01):
all the time.
You're going to see it in otherclasses and you're going to see
it every day.
As a nurse, how manymedications do I give every day?
So, so many.
And in clinical, this is yourtime, this is your play time and
your learning time.
And when it comes tomedications, you're going to see
(10:22):
a lot of medications beinggiven.
Right down the names of all themedications that you see being
administered.
Right down both the brand nameand the generic name, because in
nursing school you're onlylearning the generic because
that's what's on NCLEX, right.
But when you're in real lifeand I'm sure you've seen it in
clinical in practice alreadythose two names the brand and
(10:45):
the generic, are interchangeable.
Providers and patients willtell you the brand name,
probably more often than not,and if you can get just a little
bit ahead now and just say, ohokay, a Torvastatin is Lipitor
and just start putting thattogether a few at a time.
(11:06):
You'll be that much furtherahead when you are in real life.
I mean you're in clinical,you're in real life.
But you know what I mean whenyou are a licensed organ nurse.
Knowing the brand and thegeneric, it puts you so much
further ahead and you have anopportunity.
Every time you're at clinicalyou see real life medications
(11:27):
being given.
Okay, what did that patient get?
What's the brand?
What's the generic?
Why are you giving thismedication?
What's it for?
Why are they taking it?
Because it can have manydifferent purposes and what are
the potential side effects.
Just start drilling thosemedications and you'll start.
When you see something on anexam, you'll say, oh, I actually
(11:48):
gave that on Tuesday.
I can tell you all about it.
It's your opportunity and takeit.
Okay, number eight your phone.
We all need our phones.
We all have our phones.
You know, all the time Duringclinical, do not pull out your
phone to do anything other thanlookup medications or clinical
(12:10):
related things.
Now, of course, you're gonnahave a text here and there Go
off somewhere privately.
Don't be the one.
Don't be the student that'ssitting on your phone scrolling
through TikTok looking bored.
It's not a good look and, likeI said, this could be your
future place of employment and,if not, all some of those nurses
(12:31):
, some of those supervisors,your clinical instructor.
They are all watching and youwant to be engaged.
You want to be taking thisseriously because this is the
beginning.
This is the beginning of yourprofessional career and if
you're not taking it seriouslynow, what are you doing?
So use that phone very, verystrategically.
(12:56):
It doesn't look good to pull itout at all, even if you're
looking up meds, like Iunderstand.
Try not to Don't use it forpersonal reasons, unless it's
super quick and you're like offin a break room or something.
I know we all have things thatwe got to do.
Don't overuse your phone.
It's not a good look.
You want to take this seriously.
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Take every opportunity that youcan Number nine flashcards.
Take this opportunity if thereis downtime because of course,
there will be downtime atclinical sometimes and what you
can do instead of scrollingthrough TikTok on your phone is
keep flashcards in your pocket.
I would always bring like ashort stack of flashcards and if
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there was time in between,especially like if you take a
break.
Sometimes you get really longbreaks at clinical and instead
of, you know, talking to yourfriends and that's important too
you got to.
You know, have your nursingschool friends, but take this
opportunity to study, and havingflashcards in your pocket makes
it so easy.
Like, let's say, you have a medsurge exam coming up and it's
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on GI.
Get some flashcards.
Either make them that's thecheapest way to do it.
Make some flashcards.
Or there's a great set offlashcards from Level Up RN that
I highly recommend.
I'll put the link in thedescription of the show.
Put some of those in yourpocket.
I can't tell you how muchfurther ahead you will be if you
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take that opportunity to studyand study flashcards that can
fit into your pocket.
Okay, number 10, and I'dprobably say this is the most
important one Number 10 is tovolunteer for everything.
Put your hand up.
If a nurse, if your instructor,says would anybody like to blah
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, blah, blah?
You put your hand up.
You do it.
I don't care how scared you are,I don't care how nervous you
are.
I don't care if you've neverdone it.
I don't care if you are afraidyou're going to look silly, do
it.
The more hands-on skills thatyou can practice now, even if
you forget all of the stepslater.
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Like, let's say, you're goingto put in a fully catheter, your
instructor is going to be therewalking you through it and to
do it once, twice, three timesat clinical.
When you go to do it again whenyou're working, you're going to
be that much further aheadbecause it's in your muscle
memory.
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Do the things that scare you.
Give that insulin, give thatlovin ox shot, start that IV.
Whatever opportunities arepresented to you, you be the
first one there to say, yes, Iwant to do it.
And you will be so glad thatyou did.
You'll be so proud that yousaid, screw this, I'm gonna put
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my hand up and I'm going to dothis.
You're a nurse.
You have to learn how to do allthese things and this is the
best time to practice, becauseyou're a student and you're
under your instructor's license.
Nobody's gonna let you fail andyou're not gonna look silly and
everybody feels the same way asyou do.
Everybody feels nervous to doit.
So just do it and I promise you, even if you're shaking and
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you're scared, you're gonna doit and the next time you're
gonna be even more confident andit's going to go even better.
So, guys, that wraps it up.
These are my top 10 tips forsuccess in clinical, and I hope
that it helps you.
I hope that some of theseresonated with you.
It is my personal mission tohelp put more great nurses into
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the world.
Next week we'll get back toexam strategies.
I just wanted to finish up thatlist that I had promised to
deliver of my top 10 and, untilnext time, have an amazing day.
Bye, bye.
Thanks for tuning in to thenursing student coach podcast.
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