Recovery Room
Had a bit of a disappointing day yesterday. I was told before Christmas that my final 10 week practicum would be in the OR in Leduc. I was pretty excited as OR was one of my top choices and I wanted to do something completely different. Then in my first class my instructor said everyone's placements were confirmed...except mine. He didn't seem overly concerned about it, so I tried to not stress over it. Come Friday, he still had not heard from Leduc, but had found me a recovery room at the Royal Alex who could take me. He said I could let him know Monday whether I would take that placement, or wait to hear from Leduc. Then yesterday I got an email saying Leduc had contacted the placement coordinator late Friday saying they "declined" my placement, so I will be going to the recovery room. I am pretty frustrated about the whole thing. Not quite sure how the Faculty of Nursing could tell me a month ago where I was going without actually knowing if they would take a preceptorship student. But, all I can do is make the most of the experience. I'm sure I'll learn a lot, and maybe even really enjoy it even if it was never one of my top choices.
posted by Grace at 11:08 AM
4 Comments:
Well that just sucks, Leduc does not know how much they are missing by not accepting you. JERKS
Super annoying.
The good thing is that in the recovery room, it is more nursing driven, whereas in the OR, it is doctor driven. No offence doctors, but I prefer to have more autonomy over what I am doing, rather than doing what they tell me....
I wish I was the kind of parent who would go storming up to Leduc and give those people a piece of my mind.
Actually from what I have heard about Leduc hospital you may have had a narrow escape.... enjoy RAH .. Good foot in the door and you will liaison with the OR staff as well.
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