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Haha, bruh, you're fine! That man has no friends on the BON.

Well, I am no seasoned nurse but he sounds like a "donkey". I just posted a thread about new nurse anxiety and reading these threads isn't helping, haha. I am sorry you had to experience that but clearly you are no fool. You have been doing this job for quite sometime and I am sure he has as well. You were successful in your attempt to care for your patient, you did what a nurse should have done. Just sounds like you are sick of the stress and the constant "flexing of muscles" from other staff at the hospital. Maybe try something new on a new unit! I know this probably won't help you in anyway but I really do admire you for what you can do and all the experience and information you know! Good work, champ!

This is just a question I have regarding new nurse anxiety, and maybe looking for some guidance. I am a new male LPN in a nursing home and also enrolled in a full time RN program. I have been a CNA for 4 years prior to this, working in the float pool at a couple local hospitals and in a nursing home. Ever since becoming an LPN and starting my job I am nothing but nerves. I get a sick feeling going into work, praying that nothing "happens". I question myself everyday of why I chose to pursue this career. I don't know why I didn't see this working as a tech. I always saw the nurses stressed out but still great at their jobs. I am not happy at a nursing home. Never have been, I do not like the environment at all. I don't mind old people, just hate the politics and the environment and having 30 patients to care for as a single new nurse. I also feel like I know nothing. I feel like nursing school taught me nothing. I feel extremely overwhelmed with the amount of information I need to know. Even the office work, with faxing, calling, phone numbers, different physicians, etc. I have considered just working at a clinic as an RN but realize the pay is less and the hospital offers so much more experience and pay. I have been told my older nurses not to go to the hospitals because they are getting so bad. A hospital in my area actually ratios 11 patients to 1 nurse on a med surg unit. I do NOT want to lose my license or be terrified going into work. I have so many questions and worries, I beginning to wish I never did this. I wish I would have gone into business or computers... I enjoy people, I enjoy talking to them and socializing. I love performing my nursing skills but sometimes question whether my heart is actually in this. I don't want to make an error that hurts someone...I feel like I it would be so much easier to work in an office, be bored with my job and be safe..

As a background; I have been a CNA since 2012 and worked in both skilled nursing and hospital environment. When I worked in the hospital I was a float CNA, floating between a couple different hospitals and floors. I have just received my LPN in May of 2016 and currently in school full time to get my RN-ASN and of course onto my BSN. I have recently started a new job as an LPN working in a skilled nursing facility. I am PRN and only work one day out of the week, usually an 8 hour day. I have been with the facility for 2 months. Anyway, I do go to school full time and keep pretty busy with that. Today, I was scheduled to work day shift. I forgot I was scheduled to work this shift because I have just gotten off an orientation and I assumed I was supposed to pick my own days to work. I picked up yesterday. Apparently they had told me in an email they were going to schedule me for today to work. I must have missed it with everything else going on and got confused with all of the emails back and forth and with school to boot. I ended up not going into work because I didn't know I was scheduled to work. They had called me that AM and asked why I didn't come in. I was confused when they called because I had already picked up my one day a week to work and had worked it. I told them I never picked up, thinking they were the ones who had made the scheduling mistake. Anyway, I went back to sleep and woke up to another emailing saying I was a no call, no show. I agree that this has all been my fault. I feel so bad. Anyway, I ended up emailing my supervisor right away, called twice but no answer, and told her about the situation and my mix up. She stated it was an honest mistake and I would just need to check my schedule more thoroughly with this app they have. I feel so bad about the whole situation. I feel like I look like a horrible employee. I have never no called no show to any job in my life. My question is, has this ever happened to anyone else?? After all this time in nursing and working with swing shifts and dealing with staffing and scheduling and working understaffed and making a mistake like this..I just feel like I want to throw in the towel and find a different career outside of nursing. I am actually getting tired of this and don't know if this is what I want to do. I do not know if I can do anything else with my RN. Even if it is just sitting in an office. I would like to be able to have a set schedule and not have to deal with a scheduling person or staffing ratios. I am unaware that this whole situation is my fault. I guess I'm just trying to look for support. I tend to take things seriously and now I just look like a lazy lump. I guess I am also asking if you know of any other types of careers I could pursue with an ASN in nursing. It does not have to be health related! I have thought about careers in the insurance business, but that is all I really know of. I have questioned some people about it and what they think I should do. I am not sure that I really enjoy nursing. I am not sure how my article turned into me not liking nursing and wanting a new career, but its true. If anyone has any advice or has ever been in the same or similar situation, please feel free to offer some support! Thanks!