Not having emergency skills has always been a downfall.
I used to work on a PCU
(I can't even remember what the P stands for...Something then care unit)
It was a step down unit, like stable ventilator patients, If they became unstable we would send them over to ICU. We had 2 patients per 5 nurses. Total care, no aides to help, you did not need it. They were all hooked up to telemetry. It was more advanced than my beginners skills. It was the first job as an RN. (It was a weekend option job 2-12 hour shifts with full time pay) There was an incident where a person was going bad/south and needed to be quickly transferred to the ICU and I was not able to assist them in doing this. I was to simply transfer some IV fluid bags from one bed to another or something like that, My memory....I could not do it and accidentally cut the main catheter line to his heart and blood was going every where. The charge nurse stepped in to solve the problem that I had created and I was relieved of my position and asked to go thru orientation on days during the week or resign my position. I chose to resign.
I went into home health after that.
sigh
I have flash backs about that....
heavy sigh
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