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have you ever had an anxiety attack? could be r/t anxiety (the chest pain) just a thought.

thanks. I think i'd like a hosp it's just kind of scary making that jump. i think a hosp will maybe give me the challange i'm looking for and not getting in my current position:nurse:

I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD LUCK. HOPE YOU GET IN. WHEN WILL YOU FIND OUT?

i'm trying to decide just where my place is in this nursing world. i've been an lpn for 2 years now. i've worked in only one place(LTC). i am currently waiting to hear if i've tested high enough to get into an rn program this january(got my fingers crossed). i don't hate my job, i'm just a little bored of the same thing everyday i go to work. the stress can be high, but i feel i don't get to wigged out about it ( it never helps when you do, you still have the same problems to deal with. you've just wasted that much more time freaking out). i have a great charge nurse who has taught me so much. i love my residents. the company i work for on the other hand, i'm not so fond of. i love to learn new things and do new things. i'm just not getting that where i currently am. i've only done clinicals in a hospital, never worked in one. i would like to try it. i feel i could see and do things i would never see or do where i work at now. i'd like to hear from anyone who has worked in both or one or the other, just so i could get an idea of how they compare. thanks:confused:

I know how you feel. I am also a fairly new nurse of two years in LTC. I feel there is so much I don't know and should. I wonder on many days if I made the right decision with nursing. I do love that i get to learn something new everyday i go to work. I'm trying to get up the courage to apply at a hospital. Just imagine how much more you'd learn. LTC does have it's good points. I love that i know all my pts and thier dx. They make me laugh every day. I know I'd miss that. I feel that the cure to the lack of confidence is to equip yourself with as much knowledge and expierence with new skills as possible. I let my charge nurse and other staffers know that if there is anything out of the norm on their unit to let me help. I hope you gain what you need. There are so many fields to try and i believe if you became a nurse for the right reason you will find your spot.