For the past two weeks, I have learned a lot about how to interact with others, how to take criticism, about how I personally deal with conflict, the importance of speaking up for myself and how my body language appears to others. The most significant event that allowed me to learn these lessons occurred on my day on labour and delivery. I was about to mix penicillin for a patient and the charge nurse was observing me and asking about how I would do it to get the correct dose. I miscalculated how to get the correct dose and the charge nurse seemed to get angry and said, “You are in third year, you should know this!”. Then she left the med room. My immediate reaction was to cry as I felt so many emotions in that moment. I felt abandoned because she left, stupid because I got the answer wrong and mad because of what she said. …show more content…
Whether it is patients or co-workers, there will be people that you just don’t get along with. From this I learned that you should do your best to get along with others but in reality, it may not work out in the end. The important thing is to try but don’t take it personally if the relationship doesn’t work perfectly. As in other aspects of life, in the hospital not everything is perfect. From this, I also learned how supportive most of the nursing community is. When I was visibly upset, numerous other nurses asked me if I was okay and told me their own stories about dealing with this particular charge nurse. I learned that in nursing, each individual nurse is not alone and can rely on other for help in time of need. I learned that the majority of nurses are very supportive of each other and are extremely