I work on a med-surg floor in a large city hospital. One of my six patients had a fresh surgery and coded within the first hour of my shift due to complications. The code went smoothly, and the patient was intubated then transferred to the ICU and then to surgery. They are now recovering. Toward the end of the code, once everything was stable, the code team started the pretty standard chatter and congratulatory banter around the room. However, instead of addressing everyone, they seemed to focus specifically on congratulating me. That wasn't necessarily unusual, but I did take note of it. The patient's family was also directing much of their appreciation toward me. I made a point of repeatedly saying that I was just happy they arrived so quickly and that we had successfully managed the code as a team. There were approximately 15 people present as part of the code team, including house supervisors and respiratory therapy. It started to feel a little like a "then everybody clapped" sort of situation, but I figured everyone was just being nice due to the adrenaline rush of the code winding down. I was feeling pretty good about how successfully everything had gone, that the patient was stable, and that we had gotten them where they needed to be. I moved on with the rest of my med pass since the patient had been transferred. Where things started getting weird was that nearly every interaction I had with someone that night involved some form of congratulations. Education, respiratory, telemetry, other house supervisors, and nurses from other departments were all congratulating me on how great I had been during the code. Some of these people hadn't even been there. A nurse I was working with later told me that when she went to pharmacy to get a medication, she overheard two doctors talking about the code and discussing how impressive I had been during it. I was being congratulated to the point that I started feeling like I was being mocked. Almost like, "Aww, look how well this little dumb nurse did during the code. What a surprise that she's competent." For context, I've been a nurse for 11 years and have worked on this floor for three years. I'm very familiar with the house supervisors and physicians. I frequently charge on the unit and precept new nurses and hires. I've actually just been offered the supervisor position over the entire unit. I am generally confident in my ability and competence as a nurse. Logically, I know I probably wasn't being mocked, but that doesn't change how fucking weird the whole thing felt. I started feeling like I was in a simulation and the game masters had collectively decided I needed a massive confidence boost or something. I couldn't have possibly done anything so spectacular to deserve all this praise. I feel really weird about the whole thing.   submitted by   /u/kris10amanda [link]   [comments]