I'm doing a clinical at a ltcf, and the last time I was there a resident became unresponsive for about two minutes. A staff cena and I were helping her with a BM movement, and after we had gotten her back into her wheelchair, she said her stomach hurt. Then, she just glazed over and started staring into space, not moving. The staff cena waved her hand in front of her face and we both called her name, and then she told me to go get her nurse. The entire thing took only about 2 minutes, and the resident snapped out of it and seemed fine. In the end, four other classmates of mine were there, the nurse, my instructor, and the other staff cena. I became upset and started crying. Not outright sobbing, but I had tears in my eyes and was I gasping now and then. I had to excuse myself to the bathroom for about five minutes. I was the only one out of everyone that seemed to be so upset. I guess it was because I had formed a relationship with that resident, and she was the first one that I had spoken to when I began my clinicals. She also reminded me of my grandmother. Just seeing her with that vacant look in her eyes really threw me off my feet.
I'm just wondering if other people here have had similar experiences when they were starting out. it made me question if had the right stuff to go into a nursing career, if I became so emotional over something that turned out to be minor (well, supposedly minor.)
