Ive been pretty lucky on my pracs and havent had any run ins with any nurses in any of the wards, but something that happened the other day really bugged me. Every day at about 8ish the coordinator will give us a hand over about all the patients. There are 3 physios on the ward and usually they switch each day who goes to handover. None of the physios had arrived yet and so when it got to 8 oclock I thought as it was my last week there I would use my initiative and go get handover by myself to pass on to the other physios.
When I asked the nurse who was coordinating if I could get a handover she asked me where everyone was. I answered by telling her that they hadnt arrived yet and I would pass it on when they got there. She then questioned me and started going on about her not wanting to have to repeat everything she says to the other physios when they get here. I again answered that it wouldn't be necessary to repeat it as I would pass it on (im thinking by this stage im pretty capable of writing down some information and repeating it to the others). She then replyed that she would prefer to wait till someone else got there.
I was quite angry about it because taking a handover isnt that big a deal and for her to doubt my competence in it was really quite rude. In the end when one of the other physios arrived and I told him the story and he came to get the handover with me. It just shows that even a week from being a proper physio, some nurses will always doubt you and treat you like you dont know what you're doing!
Good luck for PCR everyone!
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This must have been really annoying Brooke. I have noticed that some nurses really do question our capabilities. On my last placement in neurology some of the nurses did not want any students to touch their patients. One particular nures really annoyed me because she always referred to us as 'the students' and often would not even mention to patients that we are physio students but would just say 'do you mind if the students come to see you.'
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