newsn, i love you for saying this!:hug: i am a gn (took boards today) doing an internship in the er. we get 2 days in class and 2 days in the er a week. i'm in week 3 and cried the whole way home from my shift last night! i'm no wuss - i worked as an lpn in corrections for 6 years.... but i'm completely overwhelmed right now. even skill i know how to do feel impossible! my preceptor is on vacation, and i was so nervous in front of my substitute preceptor i couldn't even open the wrappers! your post said everything i've been feeling, and i hope you take as much comfort in that as i do. we're going to be just fine.