NursingStudentStephy

Thank you, Kooky Korky! I must be overemotional today because your kind response made me a bit teary eyed. It is a relief to read that you are helpful with new grads. I have heard from many people that seasoned nurses "eat their young". I do not want to make any assumptions and have no idea if there is truth to that, as I start clinicals Monday for the very first time. And I tried to go back to make the font larger on my initial post, but I do not see how I can do that:(

Thank you to everyone for reading this post and for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it! And I apologize for making it hard to read...that font is pretty darn tiny now that I am looking at it again! As for practicing, I copied some MARs and have a Nerf football that I hollowed out for practicing wound care at home and have been working on injections as well. I guess I was concerned that a medication error was an indication that I was not meant to do this. It probably sounds silly...I just have high expectations for myself and it was very disappointing when I did that. And JordiesMomRN, the confidence comment was pretty accurate...I am trying to work on that:) CreativeMind2007, I hope that you find the answers that you are looking for...I am sure you will on this board. I am sorry for my post not being clear, but I definitely in no way was trying to say that I do not like nursing or that I view anything as routine. Honestly, the only thing that has kept me going since September is a huge desire to be a nurse and I think that viewing any of this as routine could be a dangerous mistake for any patient that I interact with. Thank you all again for responding and I will remain aware of the font I use from now on! :)

Hello, everyone! This is my first post and I apologize in advance for any rambling;) I am finishing up my 2nd semester in a 20 month ADN program and just wanted to see if what I am feeling is "normal". I think it is important for me to say that I do not look at nurses in the same way as the rest of the population...I tend to become awestruck and always have found myself wishing that I could be one of them. By some miracle, I was accepted into a nursing program in the fall and still can not imagine myself as a nurse. Is this typical? I am a B student and my instructors are very helpful and encouraging...I just find myself waiting for the moment that I screw this up. For example, we were being tested on subcutaneous injections and I drew up a smaller dose than ordered. I did not discover this until I was at the pt's bedside(we have a huge lab with manikins everywhere to practice on), which means I did not pay close attention when doing my 3 checks against the MAR. To me, the fear of medication errors should always be prevalent, and since I made that mistake, maybe I do not have what it takes. I know that I will graduate knowing a little about a lot of different things, but I constantly feel like I am setting myself up for failure. I f I didn't want this so badly, I am sure it would be different, but this is my dream. Thanks in advance, everyone:)