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First of all, excuse me for being so blunt. Here is my advice: 1 Go to EAP. I've done it before and it helps out alot. 2 Who gives a crap if the other girls don't talk to you? My motto is Work is work, home is home. I don't hang out with anyone I work with. They are not my friends. Don't get my wrong, I'm professional, and I share some laughs with them, but that's it. 3 Know your scope of practice and state regulations very well. You learned alot of what you need to know in school. 4 Learn these phrases: "OK..." "That's not how I was taught to do it." "That's not how I do it on my shift." "Yeah, I'm not sure that's right." 5 You don't want to learn from just anyone. If you see someone who is a good nurse and has the skills you want, learn from them. If they are a jerk, you don't want to be like them, you don't want them to teach you anything. You must do it right and do it well. Let a manager or DON tell you if you're doing something incorrectly. Good Luck. I can tell you it gets better, about the 3rd year of nursing you won't have to fight as hard.

It seems to me, if you're going to be a nurse educator and you haven't been a nurse, you're only going to be teaching theory. I don't think you could be an effective teacher without having the "critical thinking skills" needed to actually be a nurse and to teach these skills to potential nurses. Don't get me wrong, I don't think you have a bad plan, but I think you should consider actually becoming a nurse before accelerating into a teaching position.

I agree with NC. I too wish all the grouchy, miserable, tired nurses would retire. Everyone wants to defend the nurse that is burnt out, and isn't looking out for the patients best interest. I understand people get stressed and tired, but it makes me angry to see someone taking there frustrations out on the patient. If the patient was my grandpa, and the nurse was one of the 2 nurses I have personally seen with this problem, I think I would be arrested. I'm sorry that 25-30 year nurses are tired. But honestly, I'm more sorry for the non verbal patient who cannot do or say anything about it.