Nursing nightmares.

[Been there,done that]

35 years of experience and retired for 2 months.

My current nightmare is ... I can't find the door to get out at shift change.

What are your nursing nightmares?

[AngelKissed857, BSN, RN]

NOt an expert, but have interpreted dreams for years- losing your arm- you're giving crucial parts of yourself away

the active shooter- quite literally you're ALWAYS (because he always finds you) under the gun, a target for the bad things that happen, not protecting self

Both dreams point to the same thing- not advocating or yourself, not prioritizing yourself.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Is it strange that I've never had a nursing nightmare? Not one that I recall anyway..,

Many people don't recall their dreams. More power to you.

Rest well.

[andrew0623]

Personally, I haven't had too many disasters but I know the NP featured in this article. It's a sad situation. She's beginning to recover and was hired by a local hospital. It sucks and just shows how dangerous it can be to depend on a supervising physician.

[realnursealso/LPN, LPN]

Me too, I remember that name! Oramar

[phoebe2020, BSN, RN]

I had a nightmare that I gave narcotics to the wrong patient. Lets just say the next day at work I was more meticulous than usual when doing my med checks!

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

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[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Smoking pot in the nurses station.

WAS that just a dream ? :)

[Buckeye.nurse]

The transition from pediatric to adult nursing took some adjustment for me. I miss my kiddos at times, and I guess that's reflected in my dreams. It doesn't happen often anymore, but I would dream we were admitting a baby to (the adult) unit. The charge RN would assign them to me b/c of my peds experience. I'd get really excited until I realized the adult unit doesn't have cribs...or formula, or diapers, or pacifiers, or baby sized equipment for *anything*!!! That's when I'd deer in the headlight panic, and wake up.

[brownbook]

You will have to read my old posts to understand why I have this nightmare. I have never worked in OR, yet every night for a week now I have had OR nightmares.

I'm calling my therapist :-).