ACUTE PLACEMENT!
hi fellow nurses!
i'm a diploma of nursing student, i've finished all my classes and have my last upcoming placement (4 weeks) in june!, my previous 3 placements, 2 were in aged care, i learnt nothing, got to practice basically nothing, then i had y speciality placement in a psychiatric hospital, i practiced MSE, progress notes, obs, charting and some basic oral medication administration,
BUT NOW! even though i've done my classes, completed all the theory, i genuinely have no idea what i'm meant to be doing for this acute placement, like my placements haven't prepared me for ward routine at the hospital i'll be going to, like what do i start with apart from handover, medication rounds, obs, general checks, wounds / hygiene okay when that's done, charting, but what do you do apart from that / after that, i know i sound so stupid asking this, but i feel like everyone knows the "Schedule" or "routine" but i just feel underprepared.
because this will be my first time actually in a hospital (not mental health) like proper surgical / medical ward, i don't want to be thought of as a lazy student who doesn't want to work, all i've ever wanted to do is nursing, and i want to be confident in what i'm doing but genuinely feel so underprepared! i've had a patient load, x4 in the adult psych unit so im comfortable with that, but i just don't know what to actually do, like apart from the basic stuff and then emergency situation / emergency care etc, any advice is appreciated!!!!!
