today was my last med surg clinical rotation!!! im soooo happy its over. i have learned so much and it really has solidified all the reasons why i love being a nurse. however, i am NOT going to miss getting up at 5:30 am and standing on my feet for 12 hours!
anyways, this last rotation was actually quite tough. we got out early today at like 2pm but it was a hard day. my patient was on his deathbed and the nurses and his family were just waiting for him to pass. they were expecting him to die within the next couple of hours. he had a respiration rate of 3. that is 3 breaths every minute!!! it was insane and so so sad. it was difficult for me because i have never really experienced death in my life and i really didn't know how to handle it. i didn't know what to say and i didn't know what to do. i just followed my nurse in there and did the procedures she told me to. as i did them, however, i observed everything that was going on. the family members were praying and crying. it was just difficult because i felt like i wasn't helping them at all. it just makes me think what an important role the nurse has in comforting a patient and their family and im just scared i won't be able to be a good nurse.....
2 comments:
awww jen...i think just the fact that you're thinking about how to console patients and their family, makes you a good nurse!
here's that article: http://www.dailycal.org/article/101652
btw i love ur blog title. not your picture though...
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