Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Re: Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Vicky RVN — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:26:55 GMT

[quote user="Ilovehorses"]And rescue remedy :-)[/quote] Oh yes, lots and lots of rescue remedy!

Re: Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Katie Mansfield — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:27:39 GMT

Good luck everyone

K x

Re: Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Ilovehorses — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:25:01 GMT

Good luck to all (including my student nurse) my tips are remember to put gloves and any other PPE on, if you feel you should have them and they arn't there ask. Read the question. Make sure you xray the right leg!! - failed on this unsuprisingly the first time I did mine:-(. And talk to the examiner, obviously make it relevant to what you're doing and why, it's very hard to do when you're nervous but DO IT. Your assistent examiners are there to help you but they will act as though they have no knowledge, so you can't just say hold the cat, you have to explain exactly how to do it. And rescue remedy :-)

Re: Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Rachael_24 — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:32:30 GMT

Good luck x x

Re: Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Eira Davies — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:54:42 GMT

Hehe, thats really good advice and made me feel a little more at ease, thankyou :)

My sister keeps telling me to think that the examiner is her and im training her up for the job in a manner that she wont forget the procedures needed lol problem is im not a very big talker :(

Re: Good luck to everyone doing their practicals this weekend :-D

Vicky RVN — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:49:46 GMT

Good luck eveyone! Blimey feels like AGES ago I did mine earlier in the year! I can honestly say they're not as bad as you expect. The examiners are there to help you....I failed the easiest task (hand washing/setting up for bloods) because I stupidly didn't put the needle and syringe together The examiner tried to prompt me by saying "are you SURE you're done?"...I knew she wanted me to think and do something else, but I didn't think of it till I was outside the room, doh! So listen to their hints