Kmc12

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1. I hate being a nurse

   Kmc12 replied to Kmc12's topic in Stress 101

   Thanks for the reply! It hasn't really gotten much better. Especially when I have a few days off and then have to go back, I get so upset and just cry. I have accepted a position on a different unit at a different hospital in hopes that this will cha...

2. I hate being a nurse

   Kmc12 replied to Kmc12's topic in Stress 101

   Thanks for everyone's comments, advice, and help! Just wanted to come on here with an update. I started having really bad anxiety before work, bad enough that I decided to get on a low dose of meds in hopes of that helping (anxiety runs in the family...

3. I hate being a nurse

   Kmc12 replied to Kmc12's topic in Stress 101

   I'm very interested in school nursing. I feel like mentally that would be a better option for me. I'm about to hit my 6 month mark, but I don't feel like I have enough experience to try and switch to something so different than what I'm doing. But th...

4. I hate being a nurse

   Kmc12 replied to Kmc12's topic in Stress 101

   You took the words right out of my mouth. This is exactly how I feel, only this is my first nursing job. I can't imagine doing this much longer. I cry before work and think about just not showing up at all I feel so miserable sometimes

5. I hate being a nurse

   Kmc12 posted a topic in Stress 101

   Hey all. I'm really struggling here and need some advice. I am a new nurse at my first nursing job. I graduated May 2017. I just got out of the residency program at my hospital just last week. The closer it got to the end or orientation, the more anx...