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I have been working at a customer service agent for a few years. Stayed with one company. Since I started nursing I don't know why I have been like this. Maybe because everything is new for me. I just didn't have enough courage I guess. Fear overwhelmed me. I know I can stay in one place for a long time if I liked it. So...i don't know.

Congratulations!! For me, I just bring a notepad where I can write down all the things I have to do and whatever the CNAs report to me because I always tend to forget especially when they tell me while I am doing my medpass. Good luck to you, you can do it. :)

Although I don't know if I would last till September.... I would like to take that deal! :) Thanks so much for your reply, now I am feeling optimistic...and I know that I am not alone. Hope we both learn to like what we do in the future. Keep me posted "kabayan" ok? By the way... I haven't told my husband yet what I am feeling and hoping that I will change my mind soon and then I won't have to tell him. Let's keep our fingers crossed! Thanks again. PM me if you like I am in LA. I think we could be good friends :)

That's exactly what I am doing right now...trying to hang in there and see if I like it. If i really don't like it, at least I can tell myself that I've tried really hard. Thank you so much for your time and advice...I will take it to heart.

Well right now i'm just trying to do my best and try to stay and get the experience I need. Who knows maybe you are all right and that I might like it. I just always remind myself that if I don't succeed in this then it will not be the end of the world.. and it helps...thanks everyone.

Thanks so much for the replies. IDK it's just so much responsibility and I feel like it's a burden for me knowing that these people's lives depends somehow in me not making a mistake and all that. Sometimes I feel that it is okay but most of the time I feel like I can't handle the stress. I just feel guilty with all the support that I got from my husband while I was in school and all those time looking for work. I feel like I would let him down if I quit nursing altogether. I have so much respect for nurses too but just don't have the confidence that I can do it. I should have known from the start (

First of all...let me give you a little background. I have graduated in June of 09 and I had a few different jobs since then. I had a job at a surgical center for 1week then I quit. Then I worked at a SNF, worked 3 days and then quit. Then worked at another surgical center...lasted 1 week and then quit. Now I am working at an ALF and so far I have been there for a month. I just don't know if nursing is for me . I told my husband that If I really can't take it..I would just put up my own daycare center. I just feel guilty after paying all that money for school and then realizing now that I don't like it. I have done really good in school and actually got an award when I graduated. I just don't understand why I am feeling like this now. I am not happy....so stressed out.

First of all...congratulations!! Don't worry, you will have orientation and they will teach you how to do those things because it varies according to your company's protocol. I just know that it will be a hard time at the begging because you don't know the patients and the doctors as well...but you will get the hang of it. I am a fairly new nurse too and I am still scared out of my wits everyday before I go to work. Best of luck to you on your new job! You can do it! Keep me posted on how you are doing. It's nice to hear from other new nurses too...It helps me keep my sanity :)

i hope things will get better for us new nurses. i am struggling at work too and all I can say to you is that you are not alone. don't think that you are stupid because it is really hard to pass meds to 37 residents and trying to do all other stuff you need to do at the same time. think happy thoughts when you are at work...that's what i do and it helps me get through the day. just hang in there...we can do this! =)

Tomorrow will be my first day off of orientation and I'm nervous as hell. I don't think I can sleep tonight. Like u they said I was doing great but I don't know why I don't have the confidence. I hope it does get better for us all new nurses

Don't quit! It's very hard to find another job in this economy. I have looked for several months before I found my current job. I am very new to nursing too and have been stressed all the time before I come to work. I don't feel comfortable with some of my coworkers (although some are really nice). By the way, I am from the Philippines too and I know what you are going through having problems with communication and answering the phone. My advice is be strong and I know you will get through this difficult period at work. Just focus on your work and not your coworkers. Remember...you can't please everybody. Just do your best and God will do the rest. :)

I know how u feel. It's my 2nd week now and I am still nervous. :) My advice is just work hard and ask questions. Also bring a notepad with u so u can write down everything that u have to remember and u can review it when u get home. Good luck and congratulations on getting that job!!!

Thanks everyone! I am really happy I joined allnurses. It makes me realize that I am not alone and that many have gone through what I am going through right now and have become successful nurses. Truly, it gives me strength to hang in there and do my best. Kudos to all of u!!!

I am just wondering how you calm your nerves when you are a new grad? I have been on orentation for 2 days and I am still nervous as hell I can't even eat. I don't know what I will do after my orientation, when I will be on my own. Although I was a good student, now I think that I really don't know anything. Sigh. How will I get over this nervousness and stress? The job itself is not that hard because it is an assisted living (I mean compared to nursing homes). Sometimes when the other nurses talk I feel like I don't understand half of what they are saying. Sigh. Please help. Anyone on the same shoe?

Congratulations on getting the job!!:yeah:I know what you feel because I am in the same boat. About to start in an assisted living today and I am sooo nervous. Anyway...good luck!! Just work hard and do your best. I know we can do this!!