Maternity Rotations and Overbearing parents

[jloihle]

Hmm our first real day on maternity and I was ask to give a Hep B Vaccination to a 1 day old, a patient that wasn't my assigned one, but I was glad get the experience so I quickly accepted the task. Fortunately all goes well and the baby is back in his parents arms shortly. Now comes the awkward situation, my patient is also due for a vaccine but not to "hog" the experience my instructor suggests that I let another student give the injection. I quickly agree but this time it goes differently. The father of the child insists in following us to where we were giving the injection ,preceding to stand over my classmates shoulder while she was giving the shot. Agh I could see the stress in her eyes I felt so bad for her especially since this patient was my responsibility.

[jloihle]

maybe the term Overbearing is a little harsh and yes I do have children. What I was really referring to is that i felt guilty because of the added stress my classmate had to go through in giving her 1st IM.