pemoRN

Hi everyone! I'm a new graduate nurse and new to allnurses. After 12 grueling and painful months of job hunting, I have finally been offered my first job! I'm incredibly grateful, of course, but I'm very nervous because it's a home health position in a different state. I would've prefered to begin my nursing career in hospital setting, most likely in med-surg, at one of the many hospitals in my area (DC metro region). However, I was in for a rude awakening after I graduated. I'm relatively lucky in that I'm single, in my 20s, with no kids. I live with my family, but they too have been waiting for me to get a job to get us back on track financially. I'm looking forward to gaining some experience, which is like GOLD apparently, but I'm worried I'll be in over my head. I haven't practiced my nursing skills since I graduated, but I learn fast. Once I can see a skill performed, I can nail it after practicing it on my own. I guess I'm just here looking for advice--any advice really. Any tips, tricks, and especially books that you can recommend, would be great. Thanks!!