LilimoonRN

I felt exactly like you when I worked in a nursing home! I would cry myself to sleep and thought I hated nursing ! Then I got a hospital job and I love it! It's waaaay different there are days when I'm also very anxious and stressed but not all the time. LTC is VERY stressful I also would time myself if I spent more than 3 minutes with a patient I was behind I also felt like a horrible nurse for it. And angry family members didn't help...I'm sure u deal with that too. 😰 Hang in there it will get better.

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Okay so I'm super frustrated lately, I work on a med/surg floor and quite frequently we have spanish only speaking patients. All my coworkers know that I along with a few other nurses are bilingual. I love my coworkers but it's so annoying that I'm constantly being pulled away to go translate for them. At my hospital we don't get paid more for this. Yes I want what's best for the patients and I do think I'm a team player and am always willing to help out but it is so time consuming for me and I end up behind trying to catch up. I have a hard time saying no because I know how much my coworkers hate using our translation service the hospital provides. The other day I worked my but off to finish all my charting and med pass on time only to find out I'd be giving up 2 of my patients because another nurse didn't "think it was safe for her to care for Spanish only patients" her charting or med passes weren't done of course... if the hospital provided extra pay for this I think I wouldn't be upset but I just don't know how to approach my boss about this. I don't want to seem like I'm not willing to help and it might be a bad idea???! I also hate that I get pulled by surgeons constantly to translate for them because they hate using our language translation service ... sometimes they even pull me from my floor to the OR floor to translate for consent !! Argh next time I'm just going to say no because I'm over it, I'm doing double work and charting. Working was easier when no one knew I spoke Spanish. Next time if I move to a different hospital I'm not letting my coworkers know! End of my rant ������������������

Hi everyone! I just passed my NCLEX about 3 weeks ago and received a job offer at a med surg floor. I am super excited and happy for the position and can't wait to start! but also very nervous I didn't ask how long training would be and just worried to mess up in general. During my preceptorship I always woke up with a knot in my stomach feeling super anxious...but as the day went on I felt fine, more confident and happy, but it was always the night before or morning that i'd wake up thinking, I hope I don't hurt someone, i hope i don't say something dumb... etc. Did any of you feel this way with your first hospital job? does this anxiety feeling before your shift ever go away?