I suck.

I guess I just forgot what it's like to be The New Guy, and how terrible for one's self confidence being new can be. It seems one day I feel pretty good about how things are going, and the next, I feel like the Worst Nurse in the History of the Universe. Last night was one of the latter.

I think it doesn't help that my preceptor has tons of experience and they keep putting us in the hardest zone because they think it's "good experience" for me. I hope, once I am off orientation, they throw me back into the hangnail zone for a while, to get my feet under me.

Oh well, just keep plugging away, I guess.

BTW, all of your kind responses brought tears to my eyes.

Hah! I've got that sick-to-the-stomach-on-the-way-to-work feeling again! I thought those days were gone......and it's hard to find a good ear, because I don't need to hear "You signed up for it" right now. Seems people always like to point that out....