Congratulations and best of luck in your clinicals. Three pieces of advice: 1. Listen to your nursing and support staff. A lot of us, especially RN's, RT's and paramedics in the ED/critical care have years of experience, not just in healthcare but life in general. I don't think this will be an issue for you, but I've seen enough med students come in with know-it-all, "I'm going to be the doctor" attitudes that I wanted to say it. Respect the team and they will respect you in turn and the patients will benefit. 2. Don't let the attitudes get to you. I like that you're excited and eager to get started. Don't lose that shine because you get stuck on a unit with a few old nurses/paramedics who are bitter, jaded and starting to hate the world around them. I'll be the first to admit that I can trend in this direction after fifteen years in the military and high-risk security, then another few years in healthcare (mostly in an ED handling addicts and combative mental health patients, yay for being a male ED Tech/Nurse). What I want you to know is that the Nursing/Med Students that come in with their excitement and eagerness make my day a bit better. Helps to remind me of why I got into this field to start with, so keep that positivity! 3. As a female, learn to set boundaries firmly and fast. Working in ED with addicts, criminals and mental health cases, I've seen how manipulative and abusive patients can be. I've seen a lot of patients who will try to find ways to grope or be explicit with staff, especially young, attractive females. Learn to set boundaries and get a good bitch face for those patients. And if a patient makes you feel really uncomfortable: SAY SOMETHING. Also, be aware of the potential for violence, especially in the ED. I worked for a few years as an ED Tech and then as an RN and I've been bitten, punched, kicked, etc. Dislocated my shoulder wrestling with a tweaker before security got there, had my nose broken by a psych case. Not saying this to scare you, but just be aware that violence in healthcare is very real and you got to be alert and careful. Best of luck in your clinicals! It's an amazing learning experience and I'm sure you'll do very well.
01:56 PPE complete! 02:47 Seven core clerkships 02:58 Shorter rotations throughout the year (about one week long) I knew nothing about patient behavior until a nurse told me that she was punched by a female patient. Please be careful, and I wish you all the best in this challenging year!
Welcome to the shitshow of medical school, aka third year rotations. You will be randomly trashed by so many people. It sucks your school still does honors for third year…
Congratulations and best of luck in your clinicals. Three pieces of advice:
1. Listen to your nursing and support staff. A lot of us, especially RN's, RT's and paramedics in the ED/critical care have years of experience, not just in healthcare but life in general. I don't think this will be an issue for you, but I've seen enough med students come in with know-it-all, "I'm going to be the doctor" attitudes that I wanted to say it. Respect the team and they will respect you in turn and the patients will benefit.
2. Don't let the attitudes get to you. I like that you're excited and eager to get started. Don't lose that shine because you get stuck on a unit with a few old nurses/paramedics who are bitter, jaded and starting to hate the world around them. I'll be the first to admit that I can trend in this direction after fifteen years in the military and high-risk security, then another few years in healthcare (mostly in an ED handling addicts and combative mental health patients, yay for being a male ED Tech/Nurse). What I want you to know is that the Nursing/Med Students that come in with their excitement and eagerness make my day a bit better. Helps to remind me of why I got into this field to start with, so keep that positivity!
3. As a female, learn to set boundaries firmly and fast. Working in ED with addicts, criminals and mental health cases, I've seen how manipulative and abusive patients can be. I've seen a lot of patients who will try to find ways to grope or be explicit with staff, especially young, attractive females. Learn to set boundaries and get a good bitch face for those patients. And if a patient makes you feel really uncomfortable: SAY SOMETHING. Also, be aware of the potential for violence, especially in the ED. I worked for a few years as an ED Tech and then as an RN and I've been bitten, punched, kicked, etc. Dislocated my shoulder wrestling with a tweaker before security got there, had my nose broken by a psych case. Not saying this to scare you, but just be aware that violence in healthcare is very real and you got to be alert and careful.
Best of luck in your clinicals! It's an amazing learning experience and I'm sure you'll do very well.
01:56 PPE complete!
02:47 Seven core clerkships
02:58 Shorter rotations throughout the year (about one week long)
I knew nothing about patient behavior until a nurse told me that she was punched by a female patient.
Please be careful, and I wish you all the best in this challenging year!
Congratulations 🎊🍾 Proud of you Caroline ❤
i love your videos
Congratulations
Were you able to choose which rotations you go on? Love your videos btw! :)
Great Video Caroline!
Do you edit them yourself?
Welcome to the shitshow of medical school, aka third year rotations. You will be randomly trashed by so many people. It sucks your school still does honors for third year…
Why are you so rude bruh, grow up and you’re just jealous you’re not living the same social life as her.