Is it normal after graduating to be nervous about being on your own?

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Hello. I am happy to have just graduated with my BSN from a 4 year institution.:yeah: I should take my boards within the next month. Please keep me in your prayers because I have to pass NCLEX the first time in order to keep my internship at Children's Hospital so really nervous! (I'm about to start the Hurst Online Review soon to prepare).

Anyways, I'm excited for being done with school and getting a job but am also really nervous about being on my own now in the real world and really having lives in my hands. Is that a normal feeling when you are a new nurse? Thankfully, assuming I pass boards the first time, I'll have preceptors during my 6 month internship so maybe that's a good thing to help me get in the flow of things. But still nervous now that I'm really about to be a nurse!

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

I've been at it nine years and while I don't constantly stay nervous, I still have my moments when I get butterflies in my tummy. You are so normal. :)

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A little nervousness when appropriate, is a good thing.

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This needed to be a question??????

Yes you will be nervous and Yes you will do fine!!

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