I'm feeling dumb........

lynette.johnson · Apr 30, 2009

You got an interview for a Dialysis job? I live in CA and you have to have exp. to work as a dialysis nurse.

Bookworm22 · Apr 30, 2009

Than u sooooo much for this post!!!!!!! Ironically, its my 1st week on the floor of a med/surg unit as well. I came home today almost in tears. I feel sooooo dumb. The hospital i work at has mostly nurses who went to nursing school. They have been in the hospital so much more and seem like they know so much. I went for my BSN..i honestly feel dumb and useless. I always feel like the nurses around me are thinking that as well. I just wish i knew when it would start getting easier...6 weeks just doesnt seem enough.

Thank u for this though..it did really help.

chicookie, BSN, RN · May 1, 2009

Take it easy, you won't begin to grasp anything until like a couple weeks into orientation. Plus if you are anything like me once off orientation its like back to step one. Just have a little patience with yourself and you will be rocking the floor before you know it.

and then I read your last post and can say hey I told you so. LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOL

paulie23 · May 3, 2009

nights

Vernie08 · May 8, 2009

You are not alone. I am a new nurse, 1 year to be exact and I still go through the same thing. I get tongue tied, I stutter, and I am obviously unsure of myself. But it's good to know that I'm not alone which means that you are not either. Reading everyone's story helped me realize that it will get better. So I'm telling you Good Luck and it will get better.

HopefulRN2408 · Jun 13, 2009

i feel like im a terrible nurse. i feel stupid all the time at work. i forget things that are said to me like 5 min later. (my preceptor diagnosed me w/ add. no joke its that bad) maybe im just too overloaded but i feel like i know a little about nothing... i graduated in dec, got a job on a step down tele unit in april and have about 1 more month of orientation (maybe more, the way im going) my preceptor told me today that some days im great while other days i forget the basics and i have to build myself up again.. i feel like a failure. i know im new and thats what everybody goes through..i read all the posts and started to cry bc its exactly how i feel. i feel like im dragged in so many places at once and then my plan for the day goes down the *******. my preceptor already has told me if i thought about switchin to a less crazy unit.. thats great encouragement right?! sure it wasn't my first choice to go to as a new grad but its good experience and thats the job i got for now so thats what im sticking with. i just dont know how im going to do it. i feel like giving up at times but i know this is what i want to do and i want to get better i just dont know if i have in me what they want. im still trying to be hopeful. i have to:rolleyes:

(sorry for belting it all out...i had to get it all out. thanks for reading)

lynette.johnson · Jun 13, 2009

Dear Hopeful, I know exactly how you feel! But ya know I think we put alot of uneeded pressure on ourselves to get "it" right, right away. We are still learning, and maybe if we learn to not take ourselves so seriously, life and work would be easier! I really think that things will get better for you. I have only worked as an RN for 8 months, and am now unemployed, but my job did get easier for me. For the first few months I broke out in hives and thought that maybe nursing wasn't for me, and I've wanted to be a nurse since I was 12yo. Goals that are good, are never easy at first. Hang in there, and ask your preceptor how she would make things better. If she is going to criticise you then she needs to tell you how to make it better. :redpinkhe