Once again in my time of need I turn to the wonderful nurses of this website. I am glad I have you out there, thank you for helping me through my times of need!
I am in my final semester of nursing school, and now I am learning to juggle care for 3 patients at a time on the floor, soon to progress to 4 patients. I am a generally high strung individual. My professors have called me "hyper" on the floor, and once a patient told me to "calm down"! I have pretty bad anxiety on a regular basis, not just in regard to school.
I feel like my anxiety is getting in the way of my work. When the tasks I have start to build, and this patient needs this and that needs that and don't forget to do xyz also, I feel like my head is going explode, and I get frantic. I am very organized, and I already use a good sheet to keep my pt info straight. I write down the things I need to do so I don't forget, I do my best to chart as I go, but I just feel so overwhelmed all the time and I know I need to calm down (deep breathing doesn't really do the trick for me).
Does anyone have any tips I can try so that I don't loose my head or end up with a heart attack at a young age?
