I’m currently completing my final clinical rotation in my BSN program, and I graduate next month. This is the first time throughout nursing school that I’ve ever been paired with a nurse who clearly didn’t want a student. At the beginning of the shift, she allowed me to help with her morning med pass, and everything seemed fine. However, after that, I was left sitting at the nurses’ station for HOURS with practically nothing to do. My official preceptor (the person responsible for supervising me) was also nowhere to be found for several hours. I would occasionally help patients with simple requests, but I wasn’t allowed to perform nursing care without RN supervision, so there was only so much I could do independently. After the morning med pass, the nurse randomly disappeared for about 25–30 minutes without saying anything to me. Later, I saw her actively passing medications, so I approached her and asked, “Oh, are you doing another med pass?” She told me NO, WHILE SHE WAS CLEARLY PASSING MEDICATIONS. So I went back to the nurses’ station because she’d told me there was nothing for me to do. Later, I noticed her going in and out of patient rooms again, so I decided to follow her anyway. She completely ignored my presence. She didn’t acknowledge me, explain what she was doing, or make any effort to involve me. I genuinely felt like I was just awkwardly following someone around who didn’t want me there. How exactly is that supposed to be a learning experience? Look, I get it. Some nurses don’t enjoy having students, and that’s completely understandable. But treating students this way isn’t right. If she didn’t want a student, she could’ve simply declined at the beginning of the shift, and someone else could’ve been assigned to me. I would’ve had absolutely no problem with that. But what REALLY made me angry was what happened next. Another supervisor noticed that I wasn’t following my assigned nurse and asked her why. THIS NURSE STRAIGHT-UP LIED AND TOLD THE SUPERVISOR THAT I SAID I WASN’T FEELING WELL. EXCUSE ME??? 😭 I NEVER said that! Not once! In fact, I’d spent the entire morning actively trying to find opportunities to help her, follow her, and observe patient care while she repeatedly ignored me or disappeared without telling me anything. Thankfully, the supervisor believed me and recognized that the nurse was the issue, not me. She ended up finding another RN for me to follow, and this woman was genuinely the sweetest person ever. She welcomed me, involved me in patient care, and made the rest of my shift an incredible learning experience. It’s crazy how much of a difference one nurse’s attitude can make. I don’t expect nurses to entertain students or constantly hold our hands, but I do expect basic communication and professionalism. We’re there to learn, not sit at a nurses’ station for 12 hours wondering whether we’re even welcome. And PLEASE don’t make up lies about students to justify why you aren’t involving them. Has anyone else experienced something like this during clinicals? What exactly should I say when a nurse is like this? This is so embarrassing but I lowkey felt teary eyed and like I wanted to cry because I saw other students with their nurses and actually learning while I was just stuck there alone and being ignored. It sucks that I spent so much time sitting at the nurses station with nothing to do bc the supervisor was nowhere to be found for HOURS.   submitted by   /u/OkOutlandishness7120 [link]   [comments]