jamesTnurse

Fellow Nurses, I am a relatively new nurse in the ED. I recently experienced my first patient death. I thought I was prepared to deal with this situation, but my experience was made harder than I thought due to my patient being a child. This childs death has affected me on a level in which I cannot articulate. I keep replaying it over and over in my head. I feel like it is eating me alive. I know it is a part of the job, and I am fine with that, but this child was taken way before their time. Any advice on how to deal with this?