Burnt out *already* and it's been 6 months.

[roselai]

Yes, I'm a new-ish grad. Finished my program in May and got my license as well as a job in June.

While I usually like going into work and enjoy taking care of patients.... I seem to always find myself under the scrutiny of the physician(s). One physician in particular is very hard to get a long with and very rude, but I feel like I can never do anything right.

I was once embarrassed in front of the family and a student that was following me because I was worried about a low BP (even though I knew the cause), the physician talked down to me like a child in front of them all.

I feel stupid, like I don't know anything. I keep telling myself to make it to one year, but right now I hate where I am. I probably just need to "grow a pair".... but there isn't any respect whatsoever and management doesn't stick up for anyone.

[TruvyNurse]

It's normal to feel this way on your first job. I felt like a complete idiot my first gig..but you work at it, you learn you get more comfortable. Try to stick it out a year. If you absolutely cannot, go search for a greener pasture.

[JKL33]

What do you mean by "burnt out?"

[elkpark]

Welcome to allnurses! :balloons:

The first year or so of nursing, making the transition from nursing student to practicing nurse, is notoriously stressful and difficult. Nursing schools used to make this clear to students; back when I graduated, we were not only better prepared to enter practice and actually function, we also knew that the first year was going to be brutal and we just needed to hunker down and get through it, and things would get better after that. Now, students are less prepared to actually practice nursing and function clinically at graduation, and they're not expecting to have a difficult time, and everyone thinks they are the only one going through this and that must mean something's wrong. Most every new grad has felt as you do at the point you're at. If you leave now and start a job somewhere else (assuming you could get a job somewhere else at this point), you're likely to find yourself in a similar situation and feeling the same way you do now. I know that you're miserable now, I remember feeling much the same way many years ago, but your best bet is to work hard, stick it out, and get through that first year (where you are). Things will improve as time passes.

Hugs and best wishes!