Need Advice

[SDS_RN, RN]

I am fairly new to the ER and I have been having a difficult time. :oI feel like I know what I'm doing and I try to pump myself up everytime I have to go to work that I know what I'm doing. I am normally very confident in my skills but since moving to the ER I find myself doubting my self and my skills. My coworkers have not said anything to me about how I'm doing but I just get the feeling like they have to baby me. I don't like to ask them for a lot of help w/ my patients but they always offer and I say no that's okay i got it. I like to have total control w/ my pts but sometimes it's just not feasable. I was never afraid to ask for help on my previous floor but I guess I feel like I have to prove myself to gain their trust and respect. I'm never afraid to ask about something I don't know but I'm trying to do pt cares on my own. I'm used to floor working which I got a lot of good comments about but I'm still trying to find my groove in the ED. BTW have been their for about 4mo. I just don't feel like I'm gaining any ground. Any advice or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. I love working their but I guess I'm just lacking my confidence. Thanks for listening I just needed to get this off my chest.

[CHATSDALE]

sometimes it takes a while to get your groove

if coworkers offer help accept it with good grace, you can learn a lot working with people who have been there awhile

each place you work has a aura all their own, er can be stressful and busy one day and laid back the next and unlike other places you have different patients every shift so it is hard to get a rythmn to your work