New Nurse anxiety

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

Hi,

I started working as an intern two weeks ago I was so excited the last day I worked I felt like I was doing really bad and now I have to go back to work tomorrow and I feel a lot of anxiety about going back can anyone tell me if this is normal or when it gets better cause I do really love it I just have this fear of disappointing people and it like crushes me

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Yes, it is very normal.

Do a search here and you will find a ton of threads about new nurse anxiety.

Don't worry about disappointing people. Worry instead about taking excellent care of your patients. Being a brand new nurse is super humbling. Accept where you are. You have a lot to learn and you are going to be making mistakes, getting corrected and learning every single day. That is normal.

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