I am a qualified sign off mentor, but they are not giving me students at the minute as I work nights. May also be something to do with me being a tad opinionated at times as well....

I just think it's outrageous - as a student you expect to work, as how else are you going to learn the reality of the job. But you should not expect to be treated like a skivvy - I've known students be sent to make tea or clean rooms when there is something going on that could be valuable learning opportunities for them, such as observing an ecv, or taking blood, or helping put a woman pregnant with triplets on the monitor. I don't think that students shouldn't be expected to do the more mundane things - when you're cleaning and stocking rooms you're learning about where things are kept, and students should know how to make a bed properly and wash a woman who's had a section etc etc, but there is a difference between doing it as part of participating in providing care, and being taken advantage of.

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