midnight4678

I really appreciate your replies and advice, so thank you! Comments that I would hear made me think that being on your own was the way it was supposed to be, I am glad to hear that it is not the norm.

Hi, I recently graduated as an LPN in August, took my first job in a LTC facility where I float between there and rehab. Because I am new I lack confidence in myself, therefore, questioning everything I do. Other nurses say they do the same and its ok to feel that way as a new nurse. I have not done some skills as they never came up in my clinical eg: inserting a foley. Is it wrong to ask my supervisor or another nurse to assist me when I do a skill for the very first time to make sure I am doing it correctly and not hurting my patient? I had a week preceptorship with 30 patients where I was on the cart by myself just doing meds but not learning much of the paperwork so when it comes to all of the paperwork POS's etc. I am pretty slow at doing it. I hate to ask questions because I'm made to feel that I should know all of this. I have been at the job for 1 and 1/2 months but parttime. Is what I am feeling normal or should I just keep quiet and try to figure it out on my own? I feel that I have forgotten everything I learned in school. I am only 46!