Ashlee-SN

Hi everyone!! I am a new nurse (2wks out of orientation on a Renal floor and I just want to know if what I'm experiencing is normal as a new grad nurse because @ times I just feel overwhelmed and discouraged. I recently got out of a 6 week orientation program , 2 of which was just getting information about the hospital itself. On average I have 6 pts. I get behind on medication delivery, constantly forget things,ask bunch of questions ( which probably annoys my co- works, but they never say anything they are so nice but I know it's hard having to help me and deal with their own pts). My handoff reports suck, I often wake up( I work the night shift) and realize stuff I forgot to tell the day nurse. Today I just realize I forgot to put in a clear liquid diet in the orders... I transcribe the order during shift change, even told the day shift the nurse that the diet was changing but never put it in. My coworkers tell me I'm doing OK and just be confident and everything will fall in place; just hate feeling incompetent @ times. I hate to even complain/ rant because I know how hard it is to find a job esp as a new nurse. Just need to vent a little frustration.