I cried in front of my instructor!?

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kp1987

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Don't worry I cried two weeks in a row in front of my instructor so embarrassing but I guess it showed I cared and was upset about messing up!!!

SleeepyRN

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I am currently in my first year taking the bachelor of science in nursing. I am in the middle of my first clinical. We are at a long term care facility caring for two residents. My instructor is really intense and her expectations are ridiculously high. I am so overwhelmed with the amount of readings and assignments that their are to do. Anyway I had my midterm meeting with my instructor and I actually broke down in front of her when she was telling me how I was doing. She told me that she could tell that I am younger then everyone else in the group and that I am having a difficult time handling the stress (most of my group is 20-24 and I turned 18 at the end of December). She said that I am lacking confidence when providing care and that I don't have enough knowledge. She told me that it was okay that I cried because getting emotional at least was showing her that I cared. I am just so embarrassed for crying in front of her. I do not normally cry easily, but was just so stressed out and tired. Has anybody else cried in front of their instructor before?[/quote']

This has nothing to do with the crying, but you are only on your FIRST clinical. OF COURSE you aren't going to be full of confidence. I think you are being too hard on yourself. I'll be quite honest. I was in nursing school during my late 20's. There is no way I could have made it through nursing school at 18. Don't beat yourself up. Try your best to put on a good front in front of patients. If you don't know how to do something while providing direct care to a patient, if you lack the confidence, simply say to the instructor, could you please guide me through this and I will practice it more in skills lab. What I noticed in nursing school was students showing confidence in front of a patient, nurse or instructor, but then turn to their classmates and say "OMG, I was so nervous." You've gotta put up that front BUT ask for help when you need it for the safety of the patient.

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