Need advice to persue nursing or choose a different career.

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Do any of you have any suggestions how to judge what is an expected place to be at, coming out of nursing school. It appears all of the students feel some insecurity to some degree some a whole lot more than others.

Any suggestions would be tremendously appreciated.

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What semester are you in? If this is your 1st or 2nd I wouldn't panic just yet, especially if your CI hasn't given you an indication that you are going to fail. Is nursing what you really want to do? If it is then relax a little. If you have never been in a medical setting before then you are not going to be comfortable in one for awhile yet and that is okay. Most NS instructors understand that you will not get it all right away, but if you are doing well in class you will catch on. I had many times this last semester I was sure I wasn't doing well enough,(and I have 5 years hospital experience under my belt) and it turned out I did fine! Don't be so hard on yourself, you may be doing better than you think! Good Luck!;)

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I would go to my CI and see where they are thinking you are and then do what they suggest. I think a lot of us felt that we weren't making the grade when in fact we were at least average.

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Our CI displays a lot of anger and a demeaning attitude. I am passing my classes. However CI says students are not where they should be in clinicals due to original CI was not teaching us well. When I read posts of new nurses on here they don't sound any more ready than I am. Our CI's extreme anger makes me nervous and I can't think straight even to answer the questions I do know.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

I have been feeling the same way in clinical until I talked to my Nursing II instructor. She told me to just read up on my patients diagnosis the night before. (i.e. pnuemonia, copd, diverticulitis) Your text will tell you all the of interventions, and lab values that are important. look in your drug guide the night before for important lab test and implications for certain drugs.....good luck. It can only get better.:up:

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I wish it were that easy. I only know who my nurse will be and my 4-5 patients 2 minutes before we get report that morning at 7:30am in clinicals. When report is over then it is straight to patient care and no time to look up anything. My nurse does not even look up labs patient history etc. until 2-3pm. (kinda Pointless for her to look then)

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