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You could not have said it better LaceyRN12. I am on my own on Saturday after a short 5 weeks of orientation. I was bounced around from person to person. I was with a total of at the LEAST nine different people and three nights of sitting in front of a computer reviewing policies and procedures. I'm not even scheduled to be working with my original preceptor when I'm on my own. I'm so overwhelmed right now. I am on a medsurge floor with things I have never seen nor heard of. The flex nurses don't even like floating there because it is so challenging. I just don't see how this is going to go well.

I'm going to say, yes, it is normal to feel that way. I say this because I am in the same exact position as yourself. I only have two more days of a short 5 week orientationa and I'm trying really hard not to let the stress of being alone eat me alive. I feel school did not prepare me at all for work. I'm just going to try and be positive and learn as I go. It's a very uneasy feeling to not know the ropes and what to do, but this is how the process works. Good luck to you! I hope it gets better for the both of us. Keep your head up!

I took the Nclex Rn in Oklahoma this morning 9/6 and it cut off at 75 questions. I was not expecting that at all. The person at PV asked me if I knew the "trick" and I said yes, she told me to check in about two hours. I did and got the "good" popup! I'm still nervous and have to wait through the weekend to find out my official results. I want to believe it is legit since the employee told me to check it, so fingers crossed!

Okay, I'm a little sarcastic so "terror" may have been the wrong word choice. Of course I'm scared and nervous, this is all new to me. There is a lot of information thrown at us constantly and the program seems unorganized. I don't need counceling (as of right now I was just wondering and hoping that maybe some other individuals that were new to the program and were maybe having the same type of emotions and could share how they dealt with the stress of nursing school.

I am currrently in my first semester of Nursing. It seems I have a plethera of emotions constantly. One day I have confidence, then the next second that confidence flies out the window and turns into terror. I feel like I'm second guessing myself a lot as my decision to be a nurse, can I, etc. My question to all of this madness....IS THIS NORMAL?!?! I feel like I'm having constant mind games with myself through this first semester. Thanks for any advice in advance!