A student nurse is in the last semester of nursing school. Which action by the nursing student indicates appropriate preparation for the transition experience?
a. The nursing student requests additional experiences in performing skills and pro-cedures.
b. The nursing student maintains close con-tact with a nursing instructor to observe nursing procedures.
c. The nursing student practices nursing as-sessments and care on one or two patients to become more competent.
d. The nursing student increases communi-cation with a nursing instructor to main-tain a resource person after graduation.
A
Students should get all the experience, not just observation, you can before graduation. Ask to perform procedures and skills and request feedback from staff nurses and instructors. Students should also begin to build resources that will be available after graduation. It is during the last semester that students begin to care for more complex patients (and more patient numbers) to gain experience in the "real world" of nursing management, as well as less begin to have less re-liance on the nursing instructor as a resource person.
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