It sucks when you have to force yourself to get up and go and I thought for sure that would be me too but I haven't come across a bad buddy nurse yet but some of the others have.
I have also been picking small-ish hospitals to do my placements so that I get to see more and do more and not just hygene and old people (even though 80% of patients are over 70 around here). It's the way I am getting through the general nursing. The smaller hospitals around here let you go to theater and casulty and if there is a birth or CS on the shift they let you go in if the mother is ok with it. (I haven't been fortunate enough but a couple of the other mid girls have). Sometimes in the big hospitals you see the same thing everyday and there is no variety because of the ward you are on. Not sure how I am going to go with the 4 week placements next year because I'll have to stay local but I still have a couple of hospitals I can choose from that are small-ish without being tiny that I haven't been to yet.
I am leaving the big hospital for all my mid placements!!