Clinical 2

I have so much work to do today!! I love nursing school. I laughed to my self last Friday when I went in to help a patient and he angrily instructed me to, "Bring me that trash can. I need to throw this stuff away." so I did as he requested. He was on contact isolation so I was covered with the gown and gloves. He then looked at me with disgust and said, "What are you a tec?". I responded without hesitation that I was a nursing student. His whole demeanor changed instantly. He apologized for making do "menial tasks". I was looking for things to do so it had not bothered me at all. I could not help but feeling a little  surprised at the ease with which he would have mistreated me if I was not a nurse in training. It will be important when we become nurses to consider the way all of the staff we work with is being treated and make sure to always approach all of our coworkers with the utmost respect, because our patients will most likely emulate the attitudes that we demonstrate.