I am in the final semester of my AS program and we are doing 12 hour shifts in the beginning then we are starting classes. I chose the Med Surg floor and I got Med Surg/Neuro which has been awesome so far. One thing that has been bothering me though is how nurses know exactly when to talk and what to say to their patients and other members of the healthcare team and they are so knowledgable on what to say to them. I feel so useless because I can barely remember my patients name and I feel like I'm failing. I really want to succeed as a nurse but I don't think that my skills are adequate. Has anyone ever felt like this. Any tips for a future murse?