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Dear serotonin2 I believe as you mentioned in your post that you know what you are doing though the stressors of the responsibility of caring for another human being's life takes a toll at some point. This job is physically and emotionally exhausting so take time for yourself, go for a walk, get your nails done, anything that you like and enjoy doing that will take your mind off the job and its duties. At some point or another , we ALL whether is a new nurse or experienced one has felt overwhelmed at least once. You will look back some years from now and realized it was just a small set back and you will be able to understand if someone else is experiencing the same situation and provide empathy and expertise. Keep it up, you have what takes to be a good nurse. Anyone can can pass meds, check vital signs and perform a task , though not everyone is able to CARE for her patient.

I hope you are feeling better by now. I'm my honest opinion in sounds more that your fatigue could be related from your body recuperating from COVID plus the physical and emotional demands of your work and the mental stress that you are putting in trying to do your best. I will recommend to take one day at a time and give yourself time to feel 100% better.

Hi, I came across this website and I found it very helpful and I can relate to many of the post done in this site. I have been a nurse for a year and my first job in at a long term care facility, today I made the horrible mistake of stacking myself with an a needle that I had just used in a patient, needles is to say that I feel the most stupid nurse in the planet plus the concern or not knowing what I got myself exposed to since you never know for sure even in a patient is not known as a carrier of any particular contagious disease there is still the doubt and the concern of the potential exposure and the prophylactic treatment and the wait to make sure everything is OK. At this point I'm just praying and hoping for the best.