MariahLeigh

Hello, this is my first time actually posting on here. I'm a new grad in a Surgical ICU in a trauma center. Orientation has been less than smooth and very disorganized (multiple preceptors, they didn't know I was coming the first day). They are talking about extending my time which I am MORE than okay with because I know I'm not ready. I am told I am practicing safely but I am just not in a place to progress yet. I know the first year of nursing is tough for everybody but I feel like this job is eating me. I am stressed all the time and I feel like I am getting truly depressed (I have had clinical depression before so I can kind of feel it coming on). I live by myself (except for my cat) and most of my friends have moved away and my family lives 3 hours away. I don't have much of a support system. I guess my main question is how do you separate yourself from your job at the end of the day? All I do is think about what I did wrong and I go over things in my head repeatedly. It's making me hate nursing and hate my job. I want to stick it out for at least a year but I'm wondering if moving closer to my family would be a bad idea?