Sav789

It isn’t as stressful as other units and if I really love my unit but it’s just the stress and anxiety that’s getting to me. To know that things can go south any minute scares the crap out of me. I just want to work somewhere that doesn’t involve patient care LOL

Honestly always wanted to be in the medical field, it interest me and I love to help people.

I’ve been a nurse for a little over a year. I first did home health for 7 months, which was not for me. I left to work on a postpartum unit which I love compared to other units there are but I still just so badly hate being a nurse. I’m constantly in a state of anxiety, asking myself “did I miss something”, “should I have called the doctor for that”, “what If I missed something on a baby that’s now at home and something bad happens to them”. I’m constantly asking questions to my coworkers who were really nice about it at first but now get annoyed. I’m constantly rechecking labels, redoing math over and over again. Doing vitals on babies probably more than needed just because I’m so nervous and anxious 24/7. On my way to work, I literally am secretly hoping I get in a car wreck so I don’t have to go in (I know terrible) or that I get so Ill I can’t work. I know this isn’t healthy. I’m honestly so embarrassed that I already hate nursing and I just keep trying to tell myself that it’s only been a year and I need to just stick it out but I don’t want to. I would rather just have some office job where there aren’t any lives on the line. Is this a normal feeling and does it go away, or should I try to pursue something else? Help.