Rebel83

I started working as a PCT about a month ago because I thought it would be good experience before I start Nursing school in January and I think I've learned so much. I actually really enjoy my job and working with the patients. I've had no medical experience before this job and I am trying my best to catch on and be there for the nurses and anticipate what they may need before they ask for it. It's hard to get to know a lot of the nurses I work with because more than half don't really talk to me and just ignore me. However, there are a few that are really nice and actually enjoy teaching me new stuff so I try to gravitate towards them. I've been getting positive feedback from my manager so I must be doing something right. However... That all changed last night. I got to work and was told I would be working in the ER for the first time. I had the biggest smile on my face, I've been waiting to work there. After school I hope to get into trauma and eventually Life Flight or Air Ambulance. When I got there my heart was beating out of my chest. I walked through the ER doors and it was like walking into a brand new world. I loved it! That all changed in the span of four hours. I honestly never felt so horrible about myself. It's like I couldn't do anything right. I was told to do something by someone only to find out it wasn't want someone else wanted. I was told to take paper work to Fast Track only to get there and look like a fool because I wasn't told to also bring the patient. I even walked in on the ER nurse laughing about me because I called someone and mispronounced their last night wrong. I was told to transport a patient to another part of the hospital and when I asked the Nurse how to get there she would just roll her eyes and tell me never mind. I tried to explain that I was new to this area and I don't know my way around and rather then get lost with the patient I would like to know where I was going. I feel like I was just thrown in with no information and couldn't help but fail. Four hours later I was told to go sit in a patients room because we had slowed down. I felt so bad about what a horrible job I did that it has almost turned me off from wanting to work in the ER again. Has anyone else experienced anything like this before?

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