Three years of nursing. Though I haven't quite seen it all, I have seen enough that I at least know how to handle some of the situations. I have an idea of what to do, how to react, how to intervene, and I am starting to know what to say. I only know very little, I don't know enough, but I know some.
Today, a newborn baby died in our OR. After working on the baby for 1/2 hour, we did get a faint pulse at some point, but it just wasn't meant to be in the end.
What do you say to the parents after, who spent an hour with us at PACU? How do you ask the typical questions of "how are you feeling?", "you feeling alright there?", "any pain?", "you feel ready to go up to the ward?"... etc. I was at lost of words. And I wonder how I will ever learn to handle such situations.
I am grateful that I was born healthy. What are you grateful for?
