Depressed

[philliesfinest]

Hey everyone,

I just want to say that I been working since sep 3rd at a LTC facility, I got my BSN. I always feel sad, depressed, anxious, and scared when I go to work even when I go home, I work 3-11. I need some guidance on what to do. These feelings are driving me crazy and it's making me feel upset. I want to quit soo bad but my fiancé tells me not to give up. Is it just a new grad feeling?

[Nola009]

YES! It seemed like the nurses with a ASN would try to cut down the new BSN graduates and quiz us on *stuff we would obviously not know and then say that whatever school we went to didn't prepare us for nursing and blah blah. Honestly its getting old and quick. Obviously I wont know what they do since they have been nursing for more than 15 years and me less than a year regardless of degree earned.

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There is too much jealousy, resentment, and just a competitive spirit in nursing if you ask me. Tell someone you're a nurse and they say 'wow, that's great.' Tell a nurse you're a nurse and they either get quiet or tell you how they are (the one and only) nurse of the year, that their experience is above and beyond bar none, or that their unit is 'THE one to be on'. Yeah, it gets old real quick.

I am a recent ADN grad and realize that you need to 'play the game' as far as picking your major and degree with regards to advancement opportunities with your employers. I will be going back for my BSN soon.

I have had LPNs try and show me how smart they are by demonstrating how much faster and more adept they are at the paper work (they've been doing for years, lol). And I even had one new grad LPN (my age) tell me that 'yeah, all I need is 18 more months of school and I'll be a RN too' in her insecurity-ridden way. Why do they feel the need to tear others down just to feel okay? I say- if you envy someone's degree or whatever else, work towards doing the same for yourself!

[philliesfinest]

That's well put out I never though about it like that