I'm half way through my first semester and I'm doing very well academically. Nothing so far has been very challenging. Time consuming? Yes... Academically challenging? No. But I am just not comfortable around the patients at the LTC facility I'm doing clinicals in. And I failed the written portion of my PO med checkoff (A tiny error, I memorized digoxin as having three hold parameters and they split apical pulse into two separate answers for a matching section) and then I failed the injectables checkoff because I forgot to aspirate. I did pass the written potion of the PO med checkoff the next time it was offered. But, I'm scared I'm one of those 'book smart' nursing students that won't make a good *actual* nurse.
Any advice for me? I know nursing school does not equate to being a nurse, but still. I feel like I fail at all the clinical aspects of nursing and excel at the didactic stuff.