Hey everyone! First time post on here bc I am having a hard time not taking work home with me. I’ve been a nurse for almost 3 years and I’ve made mistakes and I try hard to learn from them and reflect after I make a mistake. The issue is whenever I make a mistake, big or small, I feel absolutely horrible and think about it constantly for weeks and question if I am a safe nurse. When I make a mistake I try to educate myself after it and do research on how I could have prevented it. But it just seems like I shouldn’t be making simple errors like this and no one else is making errors like this. I talk with my other nurse friends with the same amount of experience and they don’t seem like they are making mistakes. I just want to know is this normal or how you guys deal with making errors because I can’t stop thinking about them for weeks. It’s gotten to a point where every time I make a mistake I write it down in the notes app and just think of how I should be a better nurse.
any advice is greatly appreciated! :)