okay soooo i got through my first flex of rn school just started my first flex (med surge 1)
soooo excited! sooo different from the first flex that was in a nursing home, not very exciting!
we did out orientation and i was just full of excitement i couldn't stop smiling!!!
we start giving medications next week!!
my question is!!! please i need feedback....
i have never been around alot of blood and open tissue... ( i saw an unstageable pressure ulcer that is about it...and i took it pretty well except the smell was the most horrible thing i have ever smelled in my life) but im just wondering....does getting scared/nervous happen to a lot of your nurse's???? like when you first started your rotations in the hospital were you scared how you would react in certain situations???
i'm so never i will pass out (not throw up, just pass out)
i dont know why i am soooo worried about it...
im just really really afraid i will.... is there anything anyone can tell me that might make this whole shift into the med surge/or better!!! ahhh!!! i just wanna do great!
i have never been around alot of blood and open tissue... ( i saw an unstageable pressure ulcer that is about it...and i took it pretty well except the smell
i was a little worried about this too. i found that when i had a job to do or a role to play in the situation (even if it is as an observer) i stopped being so affected the "gross out" factor of what was going on. my reaction to the situation was completely different than before i started any healthcare education. this process started in a&p and continued throughout my school and work experience.
even the smells start to become just another assessment piece. you will run into just a hint of that smell you mentioned again and know you better check out how that would is being cared for. you will be able to tell if the aide has been applying the nystat powder like he said he was without even looking. you'll be able to tell if c-diff has made it to your side of the floor. you'll know if your patient got a shower, bed bath or if the aide just walked by with a damp towel.
some things are always going to bother you. wounds never affected me at all, but stuff in the gi and respiratory areas still kind of gets me. i can deal with vomit but that acid smell will make me gag when i am alone cleaning out the basin. huge bubbles of mucus exiting, then re-entering a trach are always going to give me a bit of the willies. even so, the more you do it, the less it bothers you.
netglow, ASN, RN
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For your OR time, eat a good breakfast and be sure to pee as soon as you get to hospital before you go to scrub!!!!!