Does your instructor makes you nervous?

[anangelsmommy, ADN, BSN, RN]

I get good grades and I do well but in clinical I tend to second guess myself and be unsure of myself and my instructor has been telling me "you know this, be confident in yourself and your knowledge etc." so I have tried to show more confidence and when I went to do some injections and IV's last week in clinical, my hand was shaking a bit despite trying to show confidence (i have done hundreds of shots but these were my first IV's) and my instructor took the needle from me. I realized that she makes me nervous, I want to do everything perfect for her and I dont want to make mistakes, well who does, right? but she was asking, why would I be nervous....but I cant tell her that SHE makes me nervous, can I? do I tell her that? I think because she has been a nurse for so long and is so experienced that I find that intimidating? I cant quite figure it out, she gives me good grades and I havent been in trouble but she does have the power to pass or fail us in the blink of an eye. Is there a way to FAKE confidence...the shaking hand doesnt lie....

angels mommy:uhoh3:

[zeppzepp2009]

YES......performance anxiety. I do awesome on my own add an instructor to the mix and I become a mess! Hang in there your not alone.

[MikalaM]

I want to make mistakes with my instructor present, but yes she makes me nervous. I have been nervous since she failed a person I was with, but passed me. We worked on the same patient, I dont know why she failed one and passed one. I cant think of anything I did differently, except that we had to write our own summary at the end of the day and hand that in. She yells pretty often, so every time she yells at me, I expect to fail that week (which is at least once a week).