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Okay, something a little more lighthearted....
There have always been things in my life where I think to myself "If I can handle being a nurse, I can handle XYZ."
I can start an IV on a morbidly obese patient with weeping edema in their arms while they are seizing...I should be able to do anything, right?
Apparently not....
Due to the fickle nature of cars, both of ours are out of commission. A family member just got a new car, we are borrowing his old one. But...it's a stick shift. I can't drive a stick. Well, I guess now I can say I can drive a stick, just not very well, and I'm sure more than one person behind me at a stop light has cursed vehemently at me as I killed it trying to go from stopped to moving. My hubby was supposed to teach me how to drive it, but it was more like a lesson in relaxation exercises for him...he just kept closing his eyes and deep breathing. I keep repeating to myself "I can code a patient, therefore I can operate a manual transmission." But it seems like coding a patient is far easier!
So, what are your "I'm a nurse, I can do this" things?