You, The Expert; Share Your Story?

[Kooky Korky]

Have you come to the realization yet that YOU are the expert?

At what point did you realize that you generally knew as much as or more than and had more experience than students (nursing and medical and pharmacy) amd even some of the attending physicians, nurse managers, and administrators?

Did you see yourself lbeing more and more like a former beloved Instructor?

How did you feel about this?

I remember being scared and weary and feeling sorry for the patients if I was all they had - although I have, truth be told, done a pretty decent job for my patients, over all. There's always room for improvement, naturally. And that's what keeps me reading, studying, growing, learning. You never really arrive. Maybe that realization is the mark of a true expert?

Well, thanks for sharing, if you would like to.

[RNKPCE]

I'm not posting this to make you feel like less of an expert, but I was bothered by the issue of how fast you push atropine. My drug book says that IV atropine should be pushed over "at least 1 minute." The next bullet point, however, states "be aware that slow I.V. infusion may cause slowing of the heart rate." Now, I would slam it if it was a pulseless arrest...

It was going slow like lasix and the heart rate was quickly aproaching the teens.

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

Many thanks to everyone for sharing.