I'm about to go into my last semester of nursing, graduating in December... And I don't feel ready. I just can't quit worrying about EVERYTHING!
I worry that I won't be competent, that I'll hurt somebody, about the criticisms of annoyed experienced nurses, about rude doctors....
And then there's everything leading up to that... What if I fail my last semester, fail NCLEX, can't get a job... And I'm basically clueless on resumes since I've never even had a job that required a resume before, only ones that require nothing more than an application. And I have very little to put on a resume to boot.
I'm freaking out and I don't know how to stop. I keep getting told "you've come this far, you're fine" but that's by people who have not been through nursing school, especially not my school which has a reputation as the hardest in the area. Oh and of course when I worry about the safety of my patients I get "you're just a nurse, you're not a doctor, you're not gonna hurt anybody." Clueless.
We all are scared at first. Yet I envy your position. 10 years ago I did not have the opportunity to watch Youtube videos of procedures that scared me. I did not have a chance to listen to Nursing podcasts about Medications that I should be extra careful with preparing. Nor did I know how to set up a foundation of Professional positive minded Nurses outside of my facility to provide a "safe place"as I was learning floor politics. While I will not say "give up" or "don't stress", I will say consider the tools hand your hands.
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We all are scared at first. Yet I envy your position. 10 years ago I did not have the opportunity to watch Youtube videos of procedures that scared me. I did not have a chance to listen to Nursing podcasts about Medications that I should be extra careful with preparing. Nor did I know how to set up a foundation of Professional positive minded Nurses outside of my facility to provide a "safe place"as I was learning floor politics. While I will not say "give up" or "don't stress", I will say consider the tools hand your hands.