Is this real life?

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Am I the only one that reads post on here and sometimes thinks 'oh man, am I really cut out for this?!?!" ...Yes? Oh okay. Excuse me while I go sit in a corner and give myself a pep talk.

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Specializes in Flight Nursing, Emergency, Forensics, SANE, Trauma.

You'll be fine. We all went through it. Keep your end goal firmly in your mind. I found in nursing school and in my first year of working the phrase "this too shall pass" was of great comfort. No matter the feelings of fear or ineptitude, you'll go as far as you want so long as you apply yourself.

We all were you once. Carry on (-:

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

Bear in mind that many use this site to complain, vent, and get frustrating experience off their chest. There is rough stuff in both the education and the work for healthcare but there is also a lot of reward. I'm sure in other jobs and another professional-interest online boards you would also find a mix of vent threads, advice seeking, and exchange that this one does.

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Thank you for the encouragement. Most days I have a very positive attitude towards my future career. I know what I ulimately want to do in nursing (L&D), and have worked in that field as a doula. Sometimes the weight of the true respponsiblity hits me though, or the knowledge that I will see truly terrible things that the majority in my life won't be able to handle me unlouding on them, and I wonder if I can with stand carrying it all. I'm a rather silver lining type person.

Comments like this remind me that I won't be in it alone, that I'll have fellow nurse that will understand and be there for me when I see negative out comes.

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