What nurse role/skill did you once fear, but now enjoy?

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What skill, procedure or nursing role did you once fear, but now find you are good at and even enjoy?

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Phlebotomy,IV's

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Specializes in Midwifery, Case Management, Addictions.

Starting IVs. Love it, love it, love it.

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Oooooo. Same here.

EG + Needles = :)

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

IV's and blood draws

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For me, a big one is charge the nurse role. I used to be really afraid of being charge, and totally dread it. I managed to avoid it for a long time, but finally ended up being pretty much forced into it.

After a few years and much struggle, I got over my fear.

I enjoy the autonomy, and problem solving. I get a lot of satisfaction out of the follow-through, and out of taking action to get things done.

It lifts me up when a co-worker says "Oh good- you're charge today."

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Mine is IVs also. I was terrified to learn them, hated trying them in clinical. So sucked at it when I graduated. Started making myself do them on everyone who needed them at my job, got pretty good at it and now I love it. I always volunteer to start them. And they usually request me to help with the starts. I also love showing new people our policy and procedure on them and helping them learn!

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Specializes in LTC, office.

Two things off the top of my head:

1. I work as an office nurse for a surgeon and we do a lot of procedures-lump removals and biopsies. I was so nervous when I first started about assisting with these. Now I love it.

2. Patient teaching. I never so much feared it, but I could never imagine myself in the role. Now I really love it. It is one of the most rewarding parts of my job.

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Specializes in Dialysis, Home Care, Hospice.

Teaching was never a role I enjoyed, but it is so important as a nurse. Now, I truly love it and feel like I have accomplished something when a patient or family member "gets it".

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Specializes in med/surg.

Gotta love starting IV's! (Just don't start one on me!)

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Don't get me wrong -- I don't enjoy it when people lose babies -- but I am far more comfortable caring for families s/p fetal demises than I ever dreamed I would be. That said, I wish I'd never ever have to do it again.

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Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.

Telemetry,working in a stress lab, ended up loving it.

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