Just like that, three months have passed and my semester is over. Well almost over. I still have a couple weeks of classes and another couple weeks of exams, but this week I finished my last full shift on the surgical floor.
As our last weekly assignment, my instructor asked us to write an informal paper on how our time on unit had gone and what we hoped to accomplish in the future. I thought I would share it with all of you:
When starting this clinical semester, I honestly had low expectations of enjoying the surgical unit. I hadn’t enjoyed my last clinical on a medical floor and was told that surgical is very similar, just with a faster turnover. While I’m still certain that I don’t want to work on a medical or a surgical floor in future nursing practice, the skills I learned were invaluable.
Nursing is…
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