Dixie2011

Thanks nsue! It is nice to know I'm not alone. And your right, this is our time to ask questions, so I'm going to ask questions and do my best and hopefully things start to come together. That's all I can do, take it one day at a time and then hopefully before I know it I'll have the "it is all coming together" moment I keep hearing about! :) Also, I think I need to spend more time celebrating my successes (however small they are) instead of spending all of my time focusing on my shortcomings.

I'm so glad I found this thread. I am a second career nurse who graduated in May. I just completed my first week on the floor and I feel like I'm the worst nurse ever. My preceptor is nice, but at times she makes me feel stupid for asking questions and can be a little short with me. I get that these things are pretty basic to her, but I just want to make sure that I am doing everything right. My main issue is that I have no confidence, I am so scared that I wil do something wrong and it will hurt the patient. So I double guess and hesitate on everything... How do I build my confidence?? I'm just scared that I'm not going to be a good nurse.