Okay they say everyone in nursing has that one thing that totally makes them a little light headed. I have been to the OR, watched a stage 4 pressure ulcer be dressed without being bothered. THe one thing that gets me everytime is watch someone else put in an IV. I know what you are thinking... you better change your major. I have taken out two IVs and neither have bothered me. So my question is do you think that this will subside when I actually put the IV in?
CT Pixie, BSN, RN 3,723 Posts Has 10 years experience. Nov 1, 2007 At one time nothing made me feel as though I was going to pass out. That is until I got pregnant with my second child. After that, there are two things that can bring me very close to passing out (luckily, I haven't done it....yet)1) observing a C-section (observed in real life AND watching on TV)2) watching a tummy tuck or lipo on the Science channels...cannot even think how I'd do if I had to watch a real life tummy tuck or lipo.3) faces lifts...I don't know what it is about those two/three procedures but everytime I see it, I feel very very lightheaded.Good thing I have no intentions of going into the OR or working for a plastic surgeon.
KyPinkRN 283 Posts Nov 1, 2007 One time while observing in the PACU they were preping a guy and putting in an epidural... the anesthesiologist had trouble and the needle came out all bent. I almost hit the floor watching him digging around for the right space then when he pulled the needle out and it was all bent I had to sit down. That is the only time in nursing school and 8 years on the ambulance that I have ever felt like that.
allnurses Guide Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN 11,302 Posts Nov 2, 2007 I used to work with a physical therapist - when he would work in LTC and the elderly people would cringe with pain as he did ROM, I would get lightheaded.I hate to see people in pain.steph
Skrawberri 62 Posts Specializes in Renal. Nov 3, 2007 I am a senior in a BSN program and I'm also a tech on a med/surg telemetry floor and there have been plenty of times when I've been changing an adult patients diaper and it smelled so bad that I almost collapsed..... Ugh, awful!
future L&Dnurse 263 Posts Nov 3, 2007 mucus.I am expecting to have to manage at least one trach patient this rotation, and I am already dreading it. I can handle blood, gore, surgery, and poop ... but not mucus. Ick.
agent66 126 Posts Specializes in neuro, med/surg/, cardiac care. Has 19 years experience. Nov 3, 2007 Doing three nights in a row, 12 hour ones of course. Thankfully I am in my bed when I do pass out, but has been close a few times at red lights!
Conrad283, BSN, RN 338 Posts Specializes in SICU, MICU, CICU, NeuroICU. Nov 3, 2007 Probably rhinoplasty. That's the one thing I cannot watch at all. Gives me the heebie-jeebies.
SmashRN2 40 Posts Nov 8, 2007 I fainted last semester in the OR, I guess it was just surgery that bothered me. A month ago, I fainted in the ER watching a patient get a huge wound on his arm infiltrated. The nurse kept sticking the needle IN and OUT and IN and OUT...all around this gaping wound. Now I'm scared that I'll faint when I start IVs or when I see a baby be born. I think it's the anxiety now more than anything... :-(
student456 275 Posts Nov 8, 2007 oh godi HATE when they have to remove someone's toenail!!i was watching something on Resident Life on DHC and they had to use pliers to remove this woman's toenail and i almost barfed and i watch super gross stuff all the time which doesnt bother meits just a toenail thing!
beth66335, BSN, RN 890 Posts Nov 8, 2007 Nothing yet, but I haven't done a surgery rotation. If that bothers me it will be the smell because I watch tons of surgery on T.V. and I love it!! I also watch lots of CSI!
