Anxiety & Stress

[LVN2010M]

Wow i never felt like this ever before first lvn job at a convalescent home.I don't know if its the thought that my license could be taken away from me in a second or what it is but as soon as I'm driving away from my job i begin to think of everything i did and if i did it right if there was anything that i forgot... In a way i doubt myself while I'm driving away but while I'm on the job I'm calm relaxed and get it together... why is this happening i cant sleep at night because I'm thinking of all the things i did at work....

[Orange Tree]

I have never been a big drinker, but I was drinking myself to sleep for a while (vodka) after starting my new nursing job. Now, I just go get massages....and I read/study a lot....and I try to convince myself that I'm getting smarter!

[samyaira]

Try to stay an extra 30 minutes at the end of your shift and write down all the little things you didn't have time to do. Then do them and go home, but keep the list. At the end of a week, pull out your 7 lists and see if there is a pattern of things you are staying behind to do, and if you can somehow fit those into your shift.

If there's something you don't know, write it down and look it up (in a perfect world you would have time to do this right when you need to know, but better at home than never).

Also, buy some personal malpractice insurance. It's cheap and it'll help you sleep at night until you get some confidence.