Newnurse65

So I recently got the lovely letter in the mail stating its time to renew my license. I was just curious, has anybody had their employer reimburse them for this? I'm almost embarrassed to ask. But it seems like something that should be done. Thoughts???

Colorado/Denver metro

I am looking into these kind of jobs but heard they pay a lot less than hospitals and other nursing jobs. Can anyone share how much they get paid in an office or clinic as a nurse? I am just curious because I am not getting much info online. I am in the Denver, CO metro area Thank you

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I think you are right. Thank you for responding, I don't have anyone to talk to about these kind of things. Most of my friends are not in the medical field. I think what makes the anxiety worse, is that it such a small office. I can hear people talking about me, and I am constantly being watched like a hawk. I can't tell if they like me, or if they are looking for reasons to get rid of me.

So I am a fairly new nurse. I graduated back in December, and started working as soon as I got my license in February. I was fortunate enough to not have trouble finding a job, but now I am starting to think I am not cut out for nursing. I quit my first job after a couple months because it was so stressful. I was working nights in correctional care, making a lot of mistakes,working much slower than others, and I wasn't really getting the hang of things. I honestly had no experience doing anything and the other nurses felt I was useless and holding them back when they were training me. I felt like I didn't learn anything in school, and I didn't understand most of their lingo. I went home crying most days, before I quit. So after taking a much needed mini break, I got my ducks in a row and started applying to new nursing jobs. I ended up getting hired in a family practice clinic, which is something I was always interested in before I became a nurse. I thought it would be a piece of cake especially after my last job. Unfortunately I find myself making errors on things that shouldn't be very hard. For example writing the wrong patient's name on test tubes, getting nervous and not asking all the right assessment questions, forgetting to get specific things for exams, asking too many questions, inputting the wrong vitals, spelling incorrectly, not using the emr system correctly. It is only my first week, but everyone has been looking at me like I am a complete moron. Honestly, I'm starting to feel like I am a complete moron. It's also starting to annoy the girls I work with, I think they hate having to show me things twice. Maybe it's just me, but when you are training I need to see things done more than once before I can remember verbatim. I often look back and think "damn why didn't I do this or that?" I think the owners that hired me expected much better, considering they through me on my own super quickly. Also the fact that I am a nurse, and most of the staff in my position are medical assistants and they are way more experience than me. They look at me and are like, aren't you a nurse? You should know more right? No. I'm just stupid I guess *sigh*. I'm afraid the office won't keep me if I don't get the hang of things. Then what? Two jobs in just a few months? I'm also starting to think if I can't even handle clinic work, I am a pretty useless nurse. Sometimes I think I should have gone into a different field, but I truly thought nursing was my calling. Did or does anybody else feel this way? Does it get easier? Or should I get into a different field, I don't even know what I would be good at. My work experience before nursing is limited to reception and clerical work,and it doesn't exactly pay the bills or interest me. If anyone has any advice, that would be greatly appreciated.

You guys are awesome! Thank you for all the kind words, and encouragement

You guys are awesome! Thank you for all the kind words, and encouragement

I feel excluded because whenever I try to make conversation with anyone the treat me like an outsider or look at me strangely. I know I'm not the most confident person in the world, but damn suddenly I feel like I'm back in high school. I thought we were all adults

Thank you for the support everyone! It's nice having people to talk to who can relate to my troubles.

I'm not sure exactly how to explain this, but I feel like nursing school is a lot like high school. There are a lot of little cliques, and I constantly feel excluded from everyone. It's really uncomfortable not having someone I can confide in or relate to. On top of that I am in the bottom half of the class, my grades are mediocre and I'm trying so hard to test better. Nursing questions are so confusing at times. Does anyone have any good advice or tips on how to get through this? I knew this would be hard, but being surrounded by so many negative, catty, and competitive people makes it even harder. I feel like I just don't belong, it's really uncomfortable. I guess I just don't see what other people see, not sure what is wrong with me

I am struggling in school, I don't test well and I just failed my second exam! I am worried I may flunk out, and I worked so hard to get here. My instructor said there is still time to get my grades up, but I have been studying very hard! Does anyone have any study techniques that have helped them? I don't know what to do

Thank you!!!! I really appreciate the good words, it's been very stressful. I don't want to fail, I have worked very hard to get to this point. I'm hoping that the Prozac will help too, it hasn't quite kicked in yet.

Hello, I am a new nursing student, I just started my second month. Unlike a lot of nursing students, I do not have a CNA or MA background. I work in a hospital doing admissions, so I'm not very familiar with patient care and a lot of terms or procedures. Even though the program just started, I feel like I am very behind. I am kind of a beginner when it comes to vital signs, and everyone in class is an expert. I also have been testing very badly, and am a little slow at learning in labs. I am worried that my lack of patient care experience is bringing me down. I know I am not an idiot, I worked my butt off to get into nursing school and that is no easy task. At this point I am just worried about passing. I recently had to get on Prozac because the stress was giving me such bad anxiety that I was having bad chest pain, which turned out to be Panic Attacks. I know I sound like a mess, but I would really like to hear opinions from people on what I should do. Does anyone have any study tips, stress management ideas, or anything that could help me get through this program??? Anything helps Thank you!!!