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READ- I was a new graduate my first job in a hospital after nursing school.  I was transferred to work a day at the Psych unit I was nervous and scared.  I was there for thirty minutes, and I had a patient walk up to me and tell me, “I want to die, I killed my mother, and I am going to kill myself.”   I was speechless, I didn’t know what to say.  I felt unprepared, under preprepared and uncomfortable.  So, I walked away.  Ignoring him and not acknowledging him.  My supervisor witnesses the situation and pulls me into the conference room.  She told me, she had witnessed my reaction, and asked how I was feeling.  I expressed to her that I was not prepared for that situation.  I didn’t know what to say to him.  I felt if I said the wrong thing, I would trigger him to really hurt himself.  She realized I was new and apologized.  She sends me back to my unit, medical floor and took over herself.  The next day she ordered for new graduate nurses to take competency pshych classes.