New Nurse feeling overwhelmed!

[Diva Nurse Dani]

Ok, so I am a new grad nurse and I love my new job on an Oncology floor. The staff has been exceptional and I'm learning alot.

I have about 2 months under my belt, and I have some good days and some awful days. I feel like a complete basket case on some days because I feel like I know nothing!

My preceptors seem to feel that I'm coming along fine, but I wonder to myself who they have been looking at, because they can't be talking about me.

Any help for the newbie?

Any other newbies want to share their experiences?

Everyone says that I won't feel comfortable for about the first year. Who can go a year feeling stupid and dumb in many of their choices??

Yep...can definitely use some warm fuzzies right now! :chair:

[nuangel1, BSN, RN]

:welcome: :yeahthat:

To All the "NEWBIES":

We do not expect you to know everything, that is why you are in orientation.

If you feel that your preceptor does not respond to your needs; by helping you to do a self-evaluation and work out a plan for goal achievement, then find another preceptor. If the second preceptor has the same concerns, then maybe it IS time for you to take a look at your assignment and re-evaluate your skills to find a better fitting speciality. There is no shame in that, as a new grad, you simply don't know the lay of the land.

But PLEASE don't think that going home at night thinking about ways you could have done something better means you are a failure, inept or will never succeed.

I have been in nursing for 27 years, and I go home turning things over in my mind every day. There is always room for improvement in us all, but take satisfaction knowing you did your best, and that you will learn from, and not repeat your mistakes.