TreeJ

First, Im sorry for the New RN stress. I remember years ago ready to walk into the Med/Surg unit and not leaving the car a long time. Finally, praying and got the courage to walk the sidewalk into the building. I remember dreaming of those beeping pumps & jumping up in the middle of the night thinking “ shoot did I finish that new order!” Your feelings are all Nurses by certain degrees. Nursing is an acquired field that we choose. If your called to Derm, I encourage you to it. Here is my “but” though. Over the years I’ve been to varying areas of Nursing. What floor Nursing does that, to me will carry you is a foundation to multi task, critical think, and build your decisional confidence. Nursing specialties are allowing much autonomy, including Nurses in an office. My hope is you’ll hang in there and focus on Nurse skills, and not only actual hands on but hone your Nurse mind. Especially, with a supportive staff around you. Someday, you could take a job where all your years and experience is all you have as reference. Good Luck to you and to all new Grads. You can do it!

Congratulations to the Winners!

@eakirlin Thank you for the response. I was hoping not to sound defiant of any efforts to combat the response. Especially in light of safety. The only topics given begin with anxiety, fear and paranoia, etc. At this moment, those feelings are validated, even for me. Only hoped to offer inspiring words in the topic of Hope. People speak to me with anxious eyes. I won't add to that. Rather, encouragement.

I thought about your topics in relation to this virus. Honestly, they all seemed seeing a glass half empty type headings. For myself, reading history many Nurses and Nurses before being called Nurses pioneered such times as this. Do I worry about illness? Oh yes I do, in fact the last near 21 years I’ve been in this. Each day was probably a gamble. To the Aids patient, MRSA, VRE, Hepatitis, H1N1 exposures, but education and rationality saw me through. In the end, no virus made me ill, but instead I fight a Pancreatic Tumor, Parkinsons which for me is no guarantee that life will be at its best. So, being this is a new normal for awhile I hope to hear 30 years from this period, Nurses took the helm. That caring and loving resurged in this field and Nurses didn't become Nurses for the money & job security. That they realized they were called to it. Human servers is what we are. Nursing school was not easy, in fact this field is not. But, its the job or is it not. Nursing for me was always a Love and never worked a day of it. Salutatorians, above all during this period is what I’ll call you forever!

Though the lab reported blood and you assumed blood the Physician seemed to be knowledgable the possibility it was actually tissue. We’re a team and please as a Nurse dont feel you have to absorb all the blame. You were only passing along a message. Even if a read back was completed the lab still may have indicated “blood.” Just a thought.