emnicole

Thank you that makes me feel so much better!

Hi everyone, I'm a student nurse on my first placement at a hospital so hoping I'm just stressing over nothing and someone can put my mind at ease about this! I was on afternoon shift today and the ward I'm on got a new admission not too long before I got there. I received handover from the shift coordinator who didn't say too much about the new patient. A few minutes later another nurse asked me to help the new patient change because she spilled her drink on herself. I did this and helped her unpack some of her stuff. I never actually touched the patient herself but did touch her clothing she was wearing and lots of her belongings. A few minutes after I had finished in her room, my nurse buddy asked me to help set up a contact precaution trolley out the front of her room because she has MRSA. The shift coordinator forgot to hand it over! My nurse told told me I'd be fine because it's spread by bodily fluids, I googled it when I got home to double check and saw you could get it front touching something an infected person touched. Now I'm stressing and wondering if anyone can put my mind at ease about this or give me any guidance! Thanks in advance

Thanks so much! No they aren't and don't even work in healthcare which is why I get frustrated but I still can't help but wonder if they are right.

I am a fairly anxious person which I can understand may not be compatible with nursing but I was hoping I could get past that as nursing is something I'm really interested in.

Thank you for your response it has given me a lot to think about. I am just wondering what you mean by uncertainty? As in job insecurity or uncertainties within a nursing job?

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Hi everyone! I am currently in my final year of high school and trying to decide what I would like to do with my future. I am really interested in nursing however my family tell me I'm not the right kind of person to be a nurse and that it isn't a good job. It's making me doubt myself because I am worried the hours nurses work will take over my life and I won't be able to have a life outside of work. Can anyone give me advice? Is it possible to have a good personal and family life whilst being a nurse? Thank you! Any advice is appreciated :)