Sub acute care-Clinicals

Okay, today was our first real day in a sub-acute facility. we were there last week but Monday was orientation and Tuesday...well Tuesday was quite the whirl wind so it was nice to get things started. we were each given two patients to research meds and to administer those medications to the patient. this sounds like an easy task but let me assure you it is not! first you go through all the medications the patient has to take and find the meds for the morning. we were administering the 9AM meds. then you have to research each drug both names for it, what it does, how it does it, and what the side effects of that drug can potentially be. then you have like 10 minuets to memorize all that information...did i mention that each patient has like 15 drugs! and when the teacher grills you on it you better know the answer. then you have to pass the med with in the window of time which is one hour before and one hour after the original time of the med. needless to say i was completely overwhelmed and stressed out! hopefully it will get easier as time goes on!