Do i not have what it takes?

[Rocky_LPN]

Well im a 22/M who picked nursing as a career with hopes of being on the helo. while i work toward my RN i am workin on a cardiac floor. My problems arise from me not being able to take part in a "code brown" i mean i get so sick, vomit at times and i feel so bad because the pt knows its because if them im doing this. I also notice i dont have what i call "parents instinct" u know the small stuff. I try to remember what i miss so next time i will not but its the none critical stuff that i almost always forget about. I have only been doing this for 3 months now and my patients seem to love me however i fill like there is more i can do that im not.

ER is where i feel i need to be, for some reason if things are fast and crazy i function better. So i dunno..........

[EmerNurse, BSN, RN]

Had a patient once come into ER with lower legs wrapped up and the smell was SO bad (one was wrapped in PLASTIC) that the entire full-up waiting room was standing outside the doors!

Over time I've learned to tune out smells.. thank God. Nothing really makes me hurl but I DO cringe when I hear bone fragments grinding. Just something about that sound .

Poop is the least of what you'll smell. You'll get over it, don't worry. Oh and with age, don't the old olfactory senses get duller? Perk of being older I guess LOL!