should i stay or should i go

Cookie2theRescue · Oct 29, 2009

Truly, you are the only one that can answer that question. Having nervous feelings in clinicals is normal. You just need to be confident to get through it. If you honestly have the desire and drive to become a nurse, then by all means stick with it. I wish you the best of luck!!!

becky5438 · Oct 29, 2009

I do have the drive. It has just been such a discouraging week. It makes me wonder if I have what it takes?

Cookie2theRescue · Oct 29, 2009

There will always be discouraging moments here and there. Nursing school is difficult, but you are doing well in class and your instructor states that you are doing well in the clinicals so far, so I would definately stick it out. There are so many bridges to cross in becoming a nurse. You've already crossed some, which some people do not even get that chance. Keep it going and try to build up your confidence! You'll do well!!

DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN · Oct 29, 2009

I think what I like about nursing is it seems to take all kinds of people. Including relatively introverted/shy. Frankly, thank goodness it takes alll sorts because not everyone wants a type- A, uber confident nurse (or student nurse for that).

TheSquire, DNP, APRN, NP · Nov 1, 2009

Should I stay or should I go now?
(¿Yo me enfrio o lo sufro?)
If I go there will be trouble
(Si me voy - va a haber peligro)
And if I stay it will be double
(Si me quedo es doble)

*ahem*

Classic rock anthems aside, stick it out and you'll get over it as your confidence improves.

rdop5388 · Nov 1, 2009

You can do this. Hang in there. You sound like the typical nursing student to me. The nerves go with it. You can do this and don't quit. Good luck.

itsmejuli · Nov 1, 2009

Life is full of ups and downs.

Don't let one off week make you feel like you need to give up.

morningland · Nov 1, 2009

(Please don't think I am meaning to be harsh in this message because I feel the exact same as you, so I can honestly relate and understand what you are going through. I am just being blunt in hopes it may encourage you)

BUCK UP MAN!!!!! Screw what everyone else says and just do what you need to do to get through nursing school. That was incredibly out of line and unprofessional for your nurse to call you "timid"... you are just freaking nervous and anyone who doesn't admit to being nervous in nursing school is full of crap! This is a crazy hard field and of course you are going to be shaky and nervous when you first start but as you continue to grow in your skills you will get more used to it, thats how we learn. Honestly man, screw what all thoush people say... if they are being overly harsh either accept it as a lesson or forget them and move on. You are doing well in your acedemic which says a lot so just keep struggling and striving on and DON'T GIVE UP UNLESS THEY MAKE YOU!!!!

But if you give up you are going to regret it for the rest of your life, so don't:up:

CuriousMe · Nov 1, 2009

I am having a tough time. I am doing great in class, my clinical instructor says I'm doing good. I still get nervous at clinicals, last week my nurse said I seem timid. Today we had our injecction lab, my instuctor asked me if I get shakey when I am nervous.Yes i do. I am wondering, and have been for the last week, if I should leave the program. I don't want to. I know if I can make it through this I can find something I like. I have just been so discouraged since last friday, and today didn't help matters. I just don;t know what to do, and I'm tired of feeling so discouraged and down. should I find another path, or stick it out.

Ok, just to be clear.....you're doubting yourself (in spite of the fact that you're doing well in class and your clinical instructor says you're doing good)....because another RN (who I'm guessing had just met you that day) said you were timid and because you shake when you're nervous?

I hate to say this to you, but worse things than this are going to happen.

While I don't disregard the opinion of the RN's I'm working with of course.....I pay more attention to my clinical instructor (they're the one who will be grading you!).

And, lots of folks shake when they're nervous....figure a way to anchor the arm that you're giving the shot with, while not touching the clean area of course....folks who don't shake at all when they're nervous are more the exception than the rule.

If you want to do this....then keep going. Trust your instructor. If they say you're doing well, believe them! They know where you're supposed to be in your progress.

Peace,

CuriousMe

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Nov 1, 2009

If you are a student and you're not scared, then you're just scaring everyone around you. I was terrified for at least a year after graduation. Be scared, but go for it anyway!