Former LPNs that are now RNs

[SaltySarcasticSally, LPN, RN]

I recently became an RN after several years of working as an LPN.

I started working on a telemetry floor as a new grad, I worked in ambulatory care and LTC as an LPN so no acute care.

While I have been nervous about working in a hospital, I haven't been terrified like I was as a new LPN. Which is making me MORE nervous! Does that even make sense?!

I am definitely asking a lot of questions, taking notes when I can, and am double checking everything I do. While I feel nervous about taking my own patients, I feel comfortable which I didn't expect to feel and I am almost afraid that I am being too overconfident. Which leads to making mistakes which I obviously do not want.

Any former LPNs now RNs experience this? It's such a strange feeling because the fact that I am not super nervous is making me more nervous and is messing with my head!

[Davey Do]

While I have been nervous about working in a hospital, I haven't been terrified like I was as a new LPN. Which is making me MORE nervous! Does that even make sense?!

Could it be, SaltySarcasticSally, that you have a wealth of basics under your belt and now you're ascending to this level of care with some confidence in knowing where to focus your energies?

I myself bounced around so much in doing EMS, LTC, Psych, OR, and CD Tx as an CNA/EMT/LPN that becoming an RN was a relatively easy transition.

[SaltySarcasticSally, LPN, RN]

Could it be, SaltySarcasticSally, that you have a wealth of basics under your belt and now you're ascending to this level of care with some confidence in knowing where to focus your energies?

I myself bounced around so much in doing EMS, LTC, Psych, OR, and CD Tx as an CNA/EMT/LPN that becoming an RN was a relatively easy transition.

That could defintely be the case and the fact that you find your transition easier than an RN without that medical experience makes me feel better. I just thought I was over estimating myself perhaps and wanted to get that in check if that were the case. Thanks for your comment!