Steph81479

Hello everyone, I am Stephanie and I work on the surgical trauma floor at a level 1 trauma center. I have so much to learn and sometimes I question whether or not I've made the right career choice. I just feel like I don't know anything yet....

I am a new nurse on the surgical/trauma unit....been there now for about a month and a half and I just feel like I don't know anything! Is this normal and will I ever feel comfortable? I have shadowed a couple different nurses and they all do things so differently. Some nurses give BP meds without checking BP, they just go off the 7am check for the 9am meds and pull all the 9 o'clocks before they go and see thier patients, etc. I just can't find a routine I guess. I am very bad about prioritizing too! I can talk to you about it and get it right, but when it comes down to it then I'm like "what do I do" and panic. I'm afraid that nursing is not for me and that I've wasted so much money on it!