I love nursing.. not sure if nursing loves me

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  • by tdms
    Specializes in PACU, telemetry.

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LuxCalidaNP

224 Posts

Specializes in Family Practice, Urgent Care, Cardiac Ca.

from the brief post, it is very clear how committed you are to your patients, your development, and nursing in general. The fact that this error eats at you morally is also, frankly, a testament to your integrity, and not falling into the callous, jaded habits that so many bad nurses do. Your heart is in it, and even if you make errors, this makes you a stellar nurse. WAY TO GO for stepping up to the plate, for admitting the error to yourself, and for taking the steps to improve. I'd take you as a nurse any day. :)

Key_

39 Posts

Specializes in Telemetry/PCU.

When I first started to read this I thought it was going to say something like "I didn't assess my patient for hours and he had a post-cath groin bleed". The patient wasn't harmed and you shouldn't be either. The patient obviously wasn't going down hill because you would have noticed something during your conversation. Stop beating yourself up

boggle, ASN, RN

393 Posts

Specializes in Med-Surg.

I think for those of many of us who chose caring professions, we are deep feelers. We hurt and beat on ourselves as deeply as we care and give to others. Our culture? our upbringing? who knows? You must stop ruminating over your errors, (and you/we will make errors), and forgive yourself. Can't let it go?... then take care of yourself, take yoga, pray, see a counselor...whatever it takes to find peace.

nicu4me

121 Posts

you didn't chart that you did an assessment right? You merely greeted, got them settled and the next shift took over. What did the pt expect? Probably was tired from being in ER forever and they never understand that you have to call to get orders, etc. Things don't happen fast enough for them. Sounds like you were polite. What did the pt expect and what did your coworkers expect? You have a lot going on. Please let this go on as well. Pick something bigger to worry about. You sound like a great nurse, OK???

husker_rn, RN

417 Posts

Specializes in med-surg 5 years geriatrics 12 years.

Okay so you messed up. Important thing is you realized that you did. That in itself is a great lesson because I'll bet you NEVER repeat it. Now take a deep breath and let it go. If all of us who messed up took a step back, there would be no one left in line. We're all in the trenches doing the best we can. Be knid to yourself, you're worth it.

lucyshuman

7 Posts

I'm unclear what is making you so upset about this situation. Is it because you feel you did something wrong? Or is is because someone didn't want you to be their nurse? You did a human thing, got sidetracked and forgot to go back and do an initial assessment. Did you ignore this patient on purpose? No. Did you in any way harm this patient? No. Accept that from time to time you will slip up on the job, and be glad that something important didn't get missed. If, indeed, the patient was "one of your own", they should be grateful for the same thing. They should not go out of their way to make you feel awful about yourself and your profession over something so trivial. A real professional would have welcomed the opportunity as a basis for teaching, not as a way to make you feel bad about yourself. Best of luck to you, and you can be my nurse any time!

ChristyRN2009

146 Posts

I have had a patient request not to have me back and it was, at least to me, pretty devastating. I couldn't understand it. The main reason they didn't want me back was that I wasn't "sunshiny" enough. I took care of them, gently prodded them to perform post-op rehab techniques, and on one small issue I took a while to retrieve something completely inconsequential to their care. But for them, that lack of fetching right away and running back with it in my mouth, tail wagging, was enough to put them off me personally. So after a couple of days of ruminating on the whole situation which included everyone on the unit knowing that it happened, I just had to let it go and you do too. You are not perfect, you messed up and rather than be a nice person and realize you are human, someone chose to make that a serious issue (in their world). Well so what. You said it was one of your own. Hopefully you don't have to deal with this person all the time, but if you do, you will have to address it. I suggest saying something like "hey, I'm glad you're feeling better. I know when you came here I was super busy and not able to get to you right away. I am sorry for that and I hope we can just put that behind us." And leave it at that. Don't allow this person to continue to bring you down. Good luck.

tdms

9 Posts

Specializes in PACU, telemetry.

thanks guys!!! really appreciate the comments/support =) it's always nice to have other people help you "look outside the box". :loveya::loveya:

Sirapples

84 Posts

Specializes in Agency, ortho, tele, med surg, icu, er.

Im trying to figure out what happened but I dont think you did anything wrong. You got the patient in bed, settled him and told him you would be back. Maybe going in the room and talking to a nurse and walking out was a little wierd... but I cant even imagine that being worthy of beating yourself up. Some patients will find fault in EVERYTHING and you need to kind of develop a thick skin to that. You cant make them all happy and that is a fact.

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