Did I choose the wrong profession? Horrible Anxiety
Hey All!
So I'm a new grad (graduated in May 2016) and I've been working on a med/surg floor since. So about 8 months. In nursing school I had moments of doubt where I just didn't like what I was doing. But I pushed through because I believed it to be the stress of it all.
I worked on my floor for a year on nights as a tech before graduation and hated it. Just because I haven't ever been able to stand being a tech. Now that I'm a nurse I was ok working on days. I had my preceptor and I enjoyed being at work and learning. Since moving to nights (7p-7a) I have really struggled with my anxiety. I cry before work and have horrible panic attacks thinking about what is coming up for my shift. It's made me call out a couple times. There are sometimes at work I feel like I literally have no idea what I am doing and then when I give report I feel like I total idiot when I don't know the answers to the oncoming nurses questions. I'm recently pregnant and have pregnancy brain and on top of my anxiety I had a nurse really fumble me up and it seemed like I had no idea what I was talking about during report. I knew the information all shift but when she began to judge me and I'm not even joking LUAGH at me I immediately just fell into this dark hole. I even look online for new jobs and I hate working night shift. I've spoken to my supervisor about it but she says there are no day shift positions available for me. What can I do!?
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Hey All!
So I'm a new grad (graduated in May 2016) and I've been working on a med/surg floor since. So about 8 months. In nursing school I had moments of doubt where I just didn't like what I was doing. But I pushed through because I believed it to be the stress of it all.
I worked on my floor for a year on nights as a tech before graduation and hated it. Just because I haven't ever been able to stand being a tech. Now that I'm a nurse I was ok working on days. I had my preceptor and I enjoyed being at work and learning. Since moving to nights (7p-7a) I have really struggled with my anxiety. I cry before work and have horrible panic attacks thinking about what is coming up for my shift. It's made me call out a couple times. There are sometimes at work I feel like I literally have no idea what I am doing and then when I give report I feel like I total idiot when I don't know the answers to the oncoming nurses questions. I'm recently pregnant and have pregnancy brain and on top of my anxiety I had a nurse really fumble me up and it seemed like I had no idea what I was talking about during report. I knew the information all shift but when she began to judge me and I'm not even joking LUAGH at me I immediately just fell into this dark hole. I even look online for new jobs and I hate working night shift. I've spoken to my supervisor about it but she says there are no day shift positions available for me. What can I do!?