I finished my nursing school in Europe, I moved here to be with my dear husband. He is gone to Iraq now...I have nobody to talk with and ask advices, so I will really appreciate your opinion and help.
I passed NCLEX here in US, and I enjoyed studying for it.....the think is that my first job as an LPN was in a Care Center...it was not a long term care because patients were changing so often...so I really do not know the difference, any way I have a problem......when I had to call doctors about labs , or other reasons, I had problems understanding their orders....one time , I had a lady doctor on the phone and I asked her to repeat the order for me, she was whispering to somebody ..." Oh, my God!!!" I felt very bad, very bad.....another time, I had to call two doctors for two different patients, I was running on the hallway back and forth, and the phone rang, so busy and crazy how it was that day, I jumped to answer the phone, and I do not know what was in my had, but I gave information's to the doctor on the phone from a wrong chart.....of course, I called back and excused myself...but I felt so bad.....I did not do any medications errors, my treatments were done correctly, but the papers and talking on the phone is just not for me....I was afraid I will do a mistake, so after three months ( approximately) I decided to quit....this was like a part time job for me, because I do have another job, but there I am not a nurse.....
I need your opinion...I am so afraid of being a nurse, things are different from the way I studied them, and I am afraid that I will loose my license if I do a mistake. Now, is this just because I did not study in US? Or is just simply me, I am not good enough?
I really care about everything I am doing, and if I feel I am not doing something good, I feel really bad....and I do not know what other jobs I can get, as a LPN.
So, my big question for you is, where I can I get a job, hospitals do not need me (LPN), LTC, nursing homes...looks I am not good for this...doctor offices , do they want LPNs? The newspaper doesn't have other jobs than nursing home...I am very disappointed......
You, people are great, and I am sure everybody is doing a good work....I do not know about me..... I thought I am a strong person, but I am just sad....
Please, excuse my grammatically mistakes, thank you!!!!!!!!
I finished my nursing school in Europe, I moved here to be with my dear husband. He is gone to Iraq now...I have nobody to talk with and ask advices, so I will really appreciate your opinion and help.