Anxiety before work

After years of doing this, I still get anxiety before going to work on certain days. If I know I'm going to have to deal with a particularly difficult patient or family, or if the patient is failing and I feel as if I'm running out of treatment options. Sure, there is anxiety. The way I deal with it is to be as prepared as I can be. The anxiety doesn't go away, but channel that energy to be better. You won't ever handle every situation perfectly, and that's OK. Just learn from it and move on.

As a new grad, I felt physically ill just thinking about going to work. Now that I'm a few years into it, I still dread heading in to a point ....because I never know what will be waiting for me when I get there. Once I get settled in, I'm fine. Even on super-chaotic nights, I know I'll get the "big" stuff taken care of even if I have to let some "small" stuff slip by the wayside.

I think what sucks too is having your own CNA's almost critique you and think they know more than you. Sometimes I feel theres that much more pressure on you to prove yourself not only to yourself but to others. I know I shouldn't worry about what others think of me but its hard to ignore it when you hear them talk about you when they think you can't hear them. I just hope i can grow as a better nurse and eventually learn to love my job again cause lately i have not been so fond of it. Never realized how difficult this job was.