So what makes you pass out?

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Okay they say everyone in nursing has that one thing that totally makes them a little light headed. I have been to the OR, watched a stage 4 pressure ulcer be dressed without being bothered. THe one thing that gets me everytime is watch someone else put in an IV. I know what you are thinking... you better change your major. I have taken out two IVs and neither have bothered me. So my question is do you think that this will subside when I actually put the IV in?

Specializes in Home Health, Case Management, OR.

I don't start NS until January, but I already know my weaknesses due to observing them on my own time.

1. Broken bones, the more disfigured, the faster I start to black out.

2. Dislocations, having experienced them myself they make me very queasy to see.

3. Mucous!! Icky icky icky!! Give me a code brown any day over someone spitting onto the sidewalk!

4. Childbirth, even watching it on TV makes me get lightheaded, especially if the woman is screaming and saying "OW OW OW It HURTS!" Remind me never to have children!!:stone

5. Last but it applies to said above as well as any other situation. People verbalizing loudly the intensity of their pain!

I don't think a job in the ER or OB is on my list of career choices!

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I observed a lady partsl birth a couple weeks ago and I couldn't handle the episiotomy. The snipping sound made me shudder and light headed. Good thing I didn't pass out! That would have been bad! I don't think I want to have kids. LOL

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Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.

This is a great thread! I am not a nursing student (yet) but it is nice to know that nurses are people and get grossed out or feel faint. I work in veterinary medicine and not much bothers me. Actually, the grosser the better! I love that stuff. I wonder if it will bother me on a human, where it doesn't on an animal (the whole thinking it could be you, your husband, your kids, etc). I don't know. The one thing I think will really bother me is poop. I know these people can't help it, and it is a natural bodily function. I can clean up dogs, cats, babies....but the thought of wiping poop off of an adult really grosses me out. I can't help it. Does that ever get easier???

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Eyes, anything to do with the eyes.

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