Give yourself a break. Sometimes patients will go bad, despite everything you do. If he was resting comfortably with normal vital signs, you had no indication that anything was wrong. Good job on the successful code! You said it was your first, a...
You are not alone! I have the dreaded "butt sweat" when I get nervous at work. I work in a really busy ER, and butt sweat-inducing situations happen frequently. I have taken Robinul (anticholinergic) intermittently for several years for excessive ...
I am thinking of switching from adult er to peds er. I have been a nurse for about a year and a half, and have only done ER nursing with a brief, unhappy trek into public health nursing. Anyone out there who has made the switch themselves? Love it...
As of today, I have survived my first year of ER nursing. This has been my first nursing job out of school, and it has been a long year. It definitely has taken every bit of the year to become somewhat comfortable. I don't think it will be as bad ...