brunetteRN06

Hey there- any updates? I’d love to hear about your experience! Considering switching to an office setting as a new grad as well. I love the staff I work with, though. That’s really the only thing that keeps me at the job.

Hi there- I’m in a very similar situation. I was prescribed escitalopram (Lexapro) and it seems like it has helped. I definitely still have anxiety, but not tunnel-vision, out of breath, unable to function anxiety. I’m still considering leaving my floor job altogether. It’s a hard toss up.

I can relate to everything above. I work thirds on a med tele floor. I get great feedback from my preceptor. I’m not off orientation yet. I am too interested in OB but have doubts that I would be a confident nurse in OB having next to no experience with birth, children, pregnant women... but still an area that interests me so much. Anyways, I guess my main issue with my job now is that I take work home with me. Almost everyday. Sometimes when I’m at work I think... is this what I’m even passionate about?! Why am I doing this as a career if it doesn’t make me happy/ fulfilled? I feel like the majority of my days off are truly consumed by thinking how miserable I am at my job... I’m thinking of making a change to a clinic setting to settle my anxiety/ have a regular routine/ hopefully not take work home with me as much as I do now. I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone in this struggle! Being a new nurse is harder than I could’ve ever anticipated. I am rooting for the both of us!

Hi everyone... I feel actually kinda pathetic for writing this but.. I’m one week away from finishing my 12 week orientation on a busy med/tele floor... & one thing I can take away from it is that I am miserable. I take work home with me everyday. I can definitely say my entire life I have ALWAYS been a laid back, go with the flow person... & I usually always stick it out, even when things get really hard for me. Fast forward to now- I’m having extreme panic attacks. My anxiety is truly through the roof. The hospital setting isn’t new to me, either. I worked as a tech for two years on this same floor & was just fine until I became a nurse. My managers really want me to stay. My coworkers are pretty supportive people. Overall the staff isn’t horrible by ANY means but I feel truly so burned out and I’m not even off orientation yet... looking into clinic nursing at a derm office because I myself have struggled with my skin for years and feel like I would really be passionate about helping those with skin issues... but I have this feeling that I’m selling myself short by not sticking out atleast a year on my current floor. I know I’m very capable but I might seriously lose my sanity... I am an extremely task oriented person & I feel like office nursing would fit that part of me well. If anyone has any advice/ words of wisdom/ etc I would love to hear it. I am just a tired new nurse not knowing where to turn.