In the profession of nursing and in life there will be challenges awaiting. How we handle those challenges will form us into an individual who is open to examination and learns or we setle with defeat and our fate is determined by "circumstance" instead of our own will.
Today I had two patients, with genral problems. One came in with chest pain and the other came in with abdominal pain due to a hernia which was operated on. Nontheless I was assigned a 3rd patient whom I hesitated on taking care. You see, the patient was thouroughly confused. This patient came in with cellulitis and gangrene on the left foot which was amputated. Several times while trying to take vital signs she would scream out "No!" I tell you, it freaked me out, and she was resisteant towards everything I did. I had to get the courage somehow to go in there and be confident, which leads me to the lesson of the day.
We are students. We are learning. We wil always learn. During these times, we must try to absorb as much knowledge and skill as we possibly can while we lack the license and while we are still in school. I asked the nurse to come in with me. I dug in deep and really wanted to go in there. The nurse who was teaching me told me that in her clinical experiences she would have preferred patients like these in order for her confidence to increase as well as learn how to take care of this particular patient.
I learned... confidence. It is something people learn at a different pace. Nontheless, courage it the significant characteristic which will make us great nurses. And nontheless, the day ended great. I learned how to deal with that certain patient which wil benefit me in the futre and build my nursing skills.
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