New Grad needs help

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I Recently passed my boards and got my BSN in July. It was hard for me to find a job so I took whatever I could land first. I got hired in September at a LTC facility, but this is where I need help. I constantly come home worried thinking I did something wrong or just feeling guilty for no reason. There's nights where I question myself if I'm meant to be a nurse bc I'm also having some lateral violence at work ontop of the constant worrying. I'm scared I'll miss some paper work or document wrong or just anything lol the supervisor isnt really helpful bc I hear it from the other nurses that she hates it when I'm asking questions. I want to tell her it's better to measure twice and cut once. I'm so scared to encounter a situation where I don't know what to do. I worked so hard for my license and would never ever want to lose it or most importantly harm anyone.. There's days when I work with a good nurse and days where I work with a nurse who expects me to know everything. Please what's some good advise for a new grad nurse?

Again thank you for all the support and help, there's days I come home thinking I'm not good enough to be a nurse and there's days where I'm positive
There are millions of nurses out there in the US... if we can all do it, I'm sure that you can, too.

It's hard because you're working in a place with no support - which is *not* how it's supposed to be... in any field.

Hang in there, read a ton, and figure things out for yourself.

And chill about the whole 'protect my license' thing... it's not all that easy to lose your license unless you abuse a patient, steal drugs, or falsify the chart.

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I am really looking for some help to finish up the Saunders RN book. Please suggest how do I do that fast. How Can I study for the NCLEX-RN. Please share your experiences and advices. If someone is preparing for their NCLEX- RN, can we form a group discussion or help each other for study. I want to take my NCLEX-RN by March 2014. Please please help....

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Again thanks for the support, I was working with her last night and and I asked her for help and she explained what to do. So I started inputting the orders in and I still had questions, but she was talking to the aides and I didn't want to interrupt her so I ask the other nurse and she interrupts and starts saying "didn't I just get done telling you that, I told you 2 times." She makes this face to me like if I'm an animal or something. As we are leaving the unit and clocking out she goes you really ****** me off because I feel like you don't trust me or my judgment and I told her it's not that I just needed some more help and I didn't want to interrupt you. So I thought it was ok to ask the other nurse. She didn't care that I said that and goes well next time I'm not going to help you your gonna have to ask someone else and closes the door on my face.... Yes I admit it, it made me upset, it was more her actions, body language and the way she said it that got to me. At that point I realized what kind of nurse she really is. When I first started working there which was September 3, I looked up to her as a great nurse, someone who knew what they were doing. But now I feel like I can't even approach her or look for guidance. I care about my job and the ppl I take care of and I want to do it right. So what that I ask for help or clarification. I guess it's not ideal in the environment that I'm in. I know I want be like her when we get new nurses. Thanks for letting me vent, it's just hard for me to build confidence in a profession that I'm just starting and second guessing myself.

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I am really looking for some help to finish up the Saunders RN book. Please suggest how do I do that fast. How Can I study for the NCLEX-RN. Please share your experiences and advices. If someone is preparing for their NCLEX- RN can we form a group discussion or help each other for study. I want to take my NCLEX-RN by March 2014. Please please help....[/quote']

I suggest buying kaplan, it's a great resource and it's as close to the nclex as possible. There's a format you will follow and it will help you

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