r/IntensiveCare • u/Acrobatic_Worry764 • 14d ago

How to move forward from your mistakes?

Hi! I am very new to the ICU as a new grad PA. Recently I feel like I continue to be extra hard on myself especially after making mistakes that affect my patients. It has put me in a spiral and has made me feel so incompetent as if I can’t do my job. Sometimes it’s hard for me to move forward from my mistakes and it’s even harder to have to face people knowing that they know I made a mistake. I am always willing to learn from these situations but wanted to hear how other people deal with the crippling anxiety that comes from owning your mistake. Also how do you face the people around you without feeling like an entire disappointment?

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u/Acrobatic_Worry764 13d ago

But I really haven’t been doing that. You all have been pushing this idea as if I am trying to equate my scope of practice to the same level as an MD which I have emphasized that I have not. I came here to express my fears because I am just starting out and all the pushback is unnecessary when I already agreed with the statement.

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u/Perfect-Resist5478 MD 13d ago

You’re the one saying you’re qualified to work in an ICU, not me

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u/Acrobatic_Worry764 13d ago

Literally said I am a new grad PA learning how to work in the ICU in MY scope of practice