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Thank you everyone for the advice and info!!! I really appreciate it :) good luck Definingmyfuture! edmia, signing up for that pharm course right now!

Thank you!! :) can anyone recommend any reading material? I'm reading icufaqs which is great, but I'd also like to have something else to refer to such as a textbook. I'm looking for something to reinforce things I learn about during training when I'm at home and can learn at my own pace

Thank you so much for your encouraging words and advice :)

Thank you! :) Congrats on graduating and getting your new job!! Good luck!

Hi! I've never posted before but i've been following this site for many years and I want to say thank you for all of the great info! I love allnurses!So i've been externing in the ICU for 10months once a week and I'm a very recent new grad scheduled to start as an RN on the unit where I've been externing!! I'm so happy, excited , greatful... (You get the idea lol) but also petrified!!! I feel so lucky that I've had the opportunity to become oriented to the unit as a student so at least I wont feel totally clueless when I start my RN orientation but i cant shake this feeling of "will i really be able to do this on my own when i dont have a preceptor to consult?" sometimes I feel that I will be able to and that I just need to always learn as much as I can and that confidence will eventually come as I gain more experience but other times I feel so scared and like I may be incapable of making such autonomous decisions as I've seen the nurses that I work with make. I also can be neurotic at times and can become worked up at work if something is going on with the patient and I may alert the nurse and it turns out to be no big deal and would have been easy to correct possibly on my own, but I'm always worried what if it is a big deal and I don't let the nurse know and I jeopardize a patient's safety. We get level I traumas, neuro and medical/surgical patients so there is always alot going on and I can't help but to always second guess myself. Sorry that i'm rambling. Pretty much i'm just wondering A. are these feelings I'm having normal? B. if so, is there anything I can do to help alleviate these feelings of terror so that I can focus more on learning, such as maybe better prepare myself?(currently i'm reading paperwork we must fill out during our shift at home, going over drugs commonly used, taking general training classes at the hospital, and reading icufaqs.com) is there anything else i can do? Any input is very much appreciated and i would love to hear anyone else's experience. Thank you for listening :)