Doubts are setting in again..

[fulwood]

I am once again questioning whether I have what it takes to be a nurse. I am scared of having to give someone a shot, giving wrong medication dosage etc. etc. Does anyone else feel like this or is it just me? I don't work in a hospital and will be entering nursing school in the Spring of 2002 if my doubts and fears don't get in the way. Does nursing school prepare you for and give you the confidence and skills you need? Also eventually I want to return to Europe where I lived most of my life and wondered if I will be able to use my degree and skills over there? Before anyone lambasts me I am not questioning the American educational standards - I mean in terms of nursing/academic reciprocity between countries.

Thank you.

I always enjoy reading this website.

[Y2KRN]

Hello,

You are not alone and these feelings are natural and very normal, I still have doubts and get nervous. I think when you don't have these feelings that is the time to worry, as many others have said. I think in time you get more confident in your abilities, however there will always be a time during your career when you are going to learn something new, have a nervous feeling, that is the good thing about nursing we are always learning, whether it be from a new experience or a mistake!! Either way you learn, take responsibility and move on a better nurse for it!! Hang in there you will be great, give nursing a chance!!

Y2KRN