padme007

Hello all! I am a novice nurse and will be starring my ER training in a couple of months through my employer, which will result in a position in the ER. I have always wanted to be an ER nurse, I find I thrive under pressure and enjoy days that keep me on my toes. Anyway, I have developed this fear that I'll pass out in the ER. I have only passed out twice in my life, once as a reaction to codeine after an oral surgery and once when I got a nose piercing. However, when I was in my first year of nursing school, I got lightheaded and saw stars when I watched a wound care nurse pull what seemed like an endless ribbon of packing out of an abdominal wound. I also usually have to lay down when I get blood drawn or veins accessed for any reason. Then, just a few months ago I had the opportunity to watch an angio and right as the doc was about to access the radial artery I felt like I was going to hit the floor. I had to look away and it resolved but I felt like an idiot because the angio nurse was like "oh you might want to look at this!" And I couldn't. I did however observe an ART line being put in before with no issues but I was also directly involved in the patients care. So it's not like it's a major issue for me but it is in the back of my mind since I will be surrounded by traumas. Any thoughts? Have you ER nurses ever had issues with lightheadedNess?