u/Watermelon-Head22

I feel really discouraged right now. Yesterday I started my first IV ever and I was honestly so proud of myself—I got it on the first try, and the patient was a difficult stick. She ended up getting two bags of sodium phosphate through it.

I came in tonight for my shift and found out the nurse had to write an incident report because I inserted the IV in the wrong direction (toward the hand). Now I just feel stupid and really bummed. I went from feeling proud of myself to feeling like I shouldn’t have been proud at all.

I know I’m still learning, but this really shook my confidence. Has anyone else experienced something like this as a new grad? How do you move past it and not let it get to you?