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AMS... Sounds like you're having a rough time in clinicals.
Let me tell you something... It's not a big secret, but I don't harp on it either (if you look back at some of my old posts, you'll find this story, too). I went all the way through medic school once..... And failed. My school at the time sounds similar to yours. My clinicals were in big hospitals, with limited 1:1 preceptor interaction. When I did my ED time, I'd walk in and talk with an RN, and it wasn't unusual to get told "12 leads on room 1 and 4, IV's and labs in room 4, 6, 7, and 10, and oh yeah, a foley in room 11. Then come find me. Did I get skills in? Yes. Did I get assessments in, and learn the "why"? Not really. That, coupled with coasting through Pharm and not really learning it meant that when I hit my field internship, I crashed and burned spectacularly. I couldn't put the big picture together and actually direct treatment of my patient.
I went through medic school again, a few years later. My clinical sites were smaller, and I got a lot more 1:1 clinical precepting. My program also had us out riding with medics after the first month or so. That worked a LOT better for me.
It sounds like part of your problem is that you are being left to fend for yourself. Talk with your program folks and see if that's the intent. If it is, perhaps try to find a couple of nurses that don't mind teaching you, and try to work your clinical schedule around their schedule.
Let me tell you something... It's not a big secret, but I don't harp on it either (if you look back at some of my old posts, you'll find this story, too). I went all the way through medic school once..... And failed. My school at the time sounds similar to yours. My clinicals were in big hospitals, with limited 1:1 preceptor interaction. When I did my ED time, I'd walk in and talk with an RN, and it wasn't unusual to get told "12 leads on room 1 and 4, IV's and labs in room 4, 6, 7, and 10, and oh yeah, a foley in room 11. Then come find me. Did I get skills in? Yes. Did I get assessments in, and learn the "why"? Not really. That, coupled with coasting through Pharm and not really learning it meant that when I hit my field internship, I crashed and burned spectacularly. I couldn't put the big picture together and actually direct treatment of my patient.
I went through medic school again, a few years later. My clinical sites were smaller, and I got a lot more 1:1 clinical precepting. My program also had us out riding with medics after the first month or so. That worked a LOT better for me.
It sounds like part of your problem is that you are being left to fend for yourself. Talk with your program folks and see if that's the intent. If it is, perhaps try to find a couple of nurses that don't mind teaching you, and try to work your clinical schedule around their schedule.