I was sent to the ER to work last night....I was like a deer in the headlights. I can't quit thinking about it....Oh my gosh. I was a little nervous to start with then I had to stick two diff. pt's twice to get an IV.....they were not hard sticks....I just missed. I thought if I can't feel comfortable with anything else at least I did w/IV's.....so much for that thought!
We have computer charting in the ER....not on the floor....lost again.
They draw their own labs in ER....never done it....lost again.
They start most IV's in the AC....I never put one there.
I stopped fluids & flushed before/after pushes....they don't. They use mostly NS....but its just habit for me....They asked me why I would stop fluids & flush.....habit....then I felt stupid.
I cannot shake the dumber than dumb feeling today. I have been on the floor a little over a year but I feel like a brand new nurse. Did any of ya'll feel like this if you went from the floor to the ER? I just hate to feel so inadequate.....and boy, do I ever feel that way!
