josie1998

I totally agree with you. I will never retain all of this information we have to read but I am starting to find out that once I see something I can remember it a lot easier. It's great to get an honest opinion from you. Whenever I talk to some students they come off as very confident and do not seem to feel the way I do. It's nice to know I'm not the only one feeling like a new nurse again sometimes. By the end of this I pray everything will really start to click and I will be glad I went through it! Thanks again for your comments:-)

That's good to hear from you since you are a preceptor. You sound like a great one too! Thanks for the reassurance. I need that a lot right now!

BostonFNP, Thanks for the suggestions. I am in my first adult clinical. My preceptor has told me I am doing fine for where I am in the program. I have 3 clinicals and a practicum to go so hopefully my confidence will develop as time goes on. I need to remind myself I am still pretty new at this. Thanks again for your advice.

I have been an RN for 16 years and work in a cardiac stepbdown unit and charge also. I had a health assessment clinical but this is my first clinical where I am going in seeing patients, presenting to preceptor,etc. I get really overwhelmed with the amount of information and have to remember I am not expected to know it all. My preceptor has told me that for where I am at in the program I am doing fine. I am just afraid I am not going to feel confident enough to make decisions when I get into my last practicum where I will be completly managing the patient. It's exactly what you said about feeling like a baby nurse all over again. I am much harder on myself in grad school because I am a nurse and feel like I should know more. The provider role is so different than my current role as a floor nurse and it is difficult to grasp that at times. You are right, I need to relax and remind myself I am still pretty new. Thanks for tour reassuance and advice. How much longer do you have until you graduate?

Hello everyone, I am in my 4th semester of FNP program and wondering if I am ever going to feel more confident. I have a wonderful preceptor and she is very patient and interested in teaching me. There is just so much that I don't know and I leave clinicals feeling like such an idiot most of the time. I find myself being afraid to make a decision or take charge of a situation without second guessing myself. Has anyone else ever felt like this? Also, I feel like all I can do is keep up with assignments and don't have a lot of time to really study and read all my assigned readings. Any advice on any of this would be great. I tend to be a perfectionist and anytime I miss even a half a point on an assignment I start convincing myself I am not going to be able to do this. I recently started on some antianxiety meds and it has helped some. Any advice would be appreciated.