Skills that we thought we would never get

[Morning-glory]

So I'm looking through the posts and I am reminded of my first day in nursing school. I was looking forward to doing injections and learning about meds. What I feared was that I would never learn to take BPs. You pump up the cuff and let it deflate? How is that supposed to tell you anything? I just couldn't wrap my brain around it. What are you supposed to do with all the numbers?

Share your stories. What did you fear before starting school?

[Code_VSA]

My first week of Nursing school we were learning how to take BP's with the instructor using a duo stethoscope so she could listen too. No problem! I had been an LPN for years. I had taken a ton of blood pressures.

My worse fear.....I pumped it up, let it down slowly, and could not hear a darn thing! Not one thump, even though I could see it ticking on the dial.

I looked at the teacher. She looked at me.

I said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear anything." She gave a big relieved sigh and said, "I'm glad you said that. I was afraid of what I was going to say if you gave me a number. You forgot to put your stethoscope in your ears." :smackingf