Re: Not sure I should stay at my first job as a new grad RN, will working nights help
I would definitely recommend nights. I have been a nurse for a year and I still think I'd be overwhelmed on dayshift. I work on a surgical floor and sometimes those dayshift nurses can discharge their entire section and readmit their whole section back to full status in a 12-hour shift. It would be too overwhelming to me and I am beginning to feel somewhat better about my skills/self/etc.
I felt EXACTLY as you did when I first started out. I was overwhelmed, terrified I was going to do something wrong, uncertain about every little thing...it was hard!!! I cried some nights, I hated going in other nights, I experienced all of that! Other nurses told me around the year mark I would start to feel better, some even told me around the 6 month mark. I would say it was around 6 months or so before I felt like I was beginning to get the hang of some things, but even at a year I am still uncertain sometimes. You learn, you WILL grow, so give yourself some time and use all the resources you have available to you. Also, NEVER be afraid to ask questions. That is how you learn. Everyone was new once.
GL!!!
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