Hospital New Grad Orientation. I feel like quitting nursing.

[PinoyRN123]

Hi everyone. I want to get some advice. I got hired as a new grad RN at a Surgical/Transplant/Step-down telemetry unit and on my 2nd week of orientation. Prior to getting this job, I worked as a nurse aide at the same hospital for a few years and as an RN for 1 1/2 years at an LTC facility and home health. I thought I was going to adjust fine since I had various experience, but I was wrong. I'm so overwhelmed by the number of things to learn, and I feel so incompetent. I'm so depressed right now and feel nervous/anxious every time I go to work that it makes me wanna quit nursing. I don't want to go back to LTC either because I felt very unsafe taking care of 25-30 residents on your own. Is it normal to feel this way? I'm starting to doubt that bedside nursing isn't really for me. Should I change my career? Is there any nursing-related job that is not bedside nursing that maybe I can apply to?

[RNAC92]

This is a normal feeling. The most dangerous people are the ones that act like they own the place and are at ease with everything. That's how mistakes are made. You will be ok. It takes time to adjust.