studntofnrsng

I am so glad that I posted here. Thank you for such encouraging responses, I really appreciate your time and thoughts!

Thank you for such a positive and honest response! I really appreciate it! I feel relieved and am anxiously awaiting my clinicals!

I am very nervous about entering the field of nursing in general. I am excited but terrified of making a mistake. Unlike other fields, mistakes in nursing can mean death. I love children and would LOVE to be a pediatric nurse. Unfortunately, I have heard that in peds nursing, mistakes are even less tolerable. I have worked in daycares and been around children my whole life. I would LOVE to take care of them! I don't know how I would recover from making a devastating error. Math is very very difficult for me, but I am smart. I am very meticulous and detail-oriented. I would like input from anyone who can help! Am I too "insecure" for nursing. I know confidence is important, but I do tend to question everything.

I am currently in my pre-req classes at a community college for nursing. Choosing nursing was difficult for me becasue there are so many things that I want to do! I am doing very well in my current classes but I am terrified to enter clinicals. School has always come easily for me but I am so nervous for nursing! I am terrified of making a big mistake (that could cost someone's life!) I am currently a CNA in a nursing home and I definitely do NOT want to do it forever. I enjoy it now but I would definitely get burnt out. Do you feel that nursing IS indeed rewarding? I have so many people say that they HATE their job. I am not going into nursing for the money. I honestly feel that I will like caring for others. Does everyone feel this uncertain and scared to insert IV'S and caths?