Bad Day

We all have those nights. I couldn't hit a broad side of a barn with an IV if I had to the other day. Hang in there!

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One night is not representative of your entire career. Re-assess. Were you tired? Carrying home problems to work? Had especially difficult patients or MDs or co-workers to contend with? We assess so we can ID what can be CHANGED. If nothing can be changed there is a good chance it will not become habit.

You are not alone. Been there.

Cheer up David! You wouldn't be human if you did not have those nights. Some people may think they are super nurses, but they are not. Only I am. J/K!!!

I know how you feel. I just started a new job in the SICU after being on a med/surg tele unit for three years. I went from an environment where I was a preceptor to students and new nurses, and was frequently the charge nurse. Now I feel thrown into a completely different environment where I am always second guessing myself! Bad days hapen to everybody though-keep your head up!

I've been there. I had a day the other day where I was behind for several hours, got an admit with c/o CP but nothing on labs at all. I was thinking she probably was not an MI. So I did the admission with the help of my charge and just medicated for pain and nausea, took me 4 hours to get all her admit order meds started though. Well just as shift was about to change her second set of labs came back with a really high troponin I still feel bad because I was so behind I didn't get her stuff started and I feel like I should've been able to. It was a lot of little things not all my fault but I still feel bad a week later. Some days are worse than others we just have to remind ourselves that we are human and can't be on top of our game all the time. But I definitely have felt the way you do, just dust it off, learn from it if you can and move on.

I hate nights like that. Get some rest and hopefully your next one will be better!

Well, not everyone can be perfect like me.

I know how you feel. I just started a new job in the SICU after being on a med/surg tele unit for three years. I went from an environment where I was a preceptor to students and new nurses, and was frequently the charge nurse. Now I feel thrown into a completely different environment where I am always second guessing myself! Bad days hapen to everybody though-keep your head up!

I'm in the same exact boat as you are. I just recently transferred to a trauma-surgical ICU from a med/surg tele unit.

Why are we so hard on ourselves? Most nurses are. Everyone has bad days with too many patients and too much to do. I come home from work so tired sometimes all I want to do is take a shower and go to bed. I always blame everything on me, but sometimes I know it's just the day. When I'm not the only nurse there on my shift working late to catch up on charting I know that it was bad for everyone.

Hope your next night is better. That's what keeps us going, I think. If they were all bad we would all give up.