Oh..and I forgot to add...(I swear, this will be my LAST comment, I think, hehe)....that it's normal to be anxious/scared when you have to do something new and different....whatever it is, and no matter how much experience you've got. I always tried to expand my expertise and that meant putting myself out there and honing my skills, but to do that, you have to expose yourself to the next step which is scary....I remember waiting for an infant heart surgery patient to come back to the ICU, and thinking again, "what have I gotten myself into? There's too much to know and too much to do and ...." I actually considered just throwing myself down on the floor and start kicking and crying, thinking maybe then, they'd send me home, so I wouldn't somehow, in my vast ignorance, kill the baby when it got there (nevermind that probably 10 physicians and assorted allied health professionals would be accompanying the baby, along with me having 2 very seasoned RN's to help me out
)....I think maybe I felt almost the same way when we had to show how to fold a washcloth to give a bedbath, rofl.....it will all turn out fine and you'll learn and become adept at it....it just takes time and experience. And if people try to make you feel like you're dumb or a loser b/c of inexperience, just remember that they're probably insecure and not all that either. Just take a deep breath, try to think rationally and ask questions. It's the ones who DON'T get anxious that scare me...it's usually b/c they don't have a very good grasp of the situation. GO NURSES, GO NURSES, LOL
