missSB

Hello everyone. I need some advice. I have one year left of nursing school and I dread clinicals every day. I've gotten all As in labs and classes but when it comes to clinicals I feel so stupid. Im a very introverted person and small talk has never been my strong suit. I'm pretty good about doing my clinicals with my nurses, but as soon as my clinical instructor comes and watches me, I freeze. I start to stutter and fidget, I forget little things, etc. My clinical instructor told me that my nervousness is making my patients nervous, and that made me more nervous! I want to make my patients comfortable and help them get through hard times, but I can't be myself... Please help... I'm starting to think nursing isn't right for me and maybe I should go into a more introverted friendly healthcare profession like radiology or something... ������

Hello everyone. I'm in my first year of nursing school, so I'm pretty early on, but I would really appreciate your help. Forever I was deciding between medical school and nursing school. I ended up going with nursing for various reasons. I just finished my medical surgical clinicals and I hated them! I feel so lost now because I thought for sure nursing was for me but now I don't know. My dad is a physician and my mom is a nurse so I thought I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting myself into. I feel like the medical field is more fitting for me but I just don't want to admit it to myself because my heart was set on nursing. So my question is... did anyone hate med surg but love ICU or ED or something else? Anyone love med surg but hate everything else? How do floors differ job wise? I havent done any other clinicals so I'm praying I find my match somewhere else. Any advice? Thanks everyone!