What nurse role/skill did you once fear, but now enjoy?

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What skill, procedure or nursing role did you once fear, but now find you are good at and even enjoy?

Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.

working with Chest Tubes and Vents love it

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Specializes in cardiac med-surg.

IV's

live and breathe for it

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Specializes in OR, DR, RR, ER, OPD.

Starting IV especially in babies! It's challenging

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.

IVs and blood draws!!

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, ED.

Teaching. Never wanted that role. But now I really like it.

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Specializes in pediatric and geriatric.

pediatric trach and vent care. now its like second nature and I actually like going to work.

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.
For me, a big one is charge the nurse role. I used to be really afraid of being charge, and totally dread it. I managed to avoid it for a long time, but finally ended up being pretty much forced into it.

After a few years and much struggle, I got over my fear."

I worked on a ortho/surgical floor for 2 years before I switched to a float position, all on night shift.

Now there's a lot of new grads that work the same weekend together. There's only 2 nurses on that unit's night shift that have a lot of experience and they are both on the other weekend, so I am asked every weekend I work to do charge on that floor and 90% of the time I don't mind.

Granted, I only have 3 yrs experience, but I guess staffing's figured that since I worked on that floor I could do it for a while.

I used to hate it because there would be 3 or 4 more experienced nurses on the floor with me and they'd make ME do charge cuz they didn't feel like it but they'd rip me a new one if I gave 'em an admit- until I told the nurse manager what was going on one day, in tears, and he put his foot down and told them no more. :nono: :o :uhoh3: :madface:

I have also done it on another floor, rehab, which is somewhat similar.

But when I've been asked to do charge on medical/telemetry or medical/oncology I refuse, because I don't feel equipped.

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Specializes in Intensive Care and Cardiology.

IV's and blood draws for me. Isn't it funny that most of us are saying that?! I remember being so terrified of those!

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

Interacting with MDs. I never thought I'd want to be around them but I find them unintimidating, and interesting to talk to. I never feel nervous about calling an M.D.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown.

ABG's

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Specializes in school nursing, Dr. office.

iv's, injections and blood draws, still hate the 1st one and love the 2nd and 3rd!

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