Struggling New Grad...

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I graduated just over a month ago and I passed NCLEX on June 2. I have a job in home health and it's not my thing. I'm hoping to get a new job here very soon. I'm terrified of caring for patients on my own! What got every one else through being a new graduate? I don't know if I just feel knocked down from my job that's making me feel worse or what but I'm absolutely scared to be on my own as a nurse! :/

Well the good news is I have a new job lined up and I'll be working along side other nurses. It wasn't just the experience I was lacking...but the support as well. I definitely agree that home health is not the place for a new grad! SCARY STUFF! But I'm definitely much more excited about nursing now and I hope to learn as much as I can in my next position. Thanks you guys, you definitely helped validate how I was feeling!!

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I do have to agree...as much as I feel like I know, I definitely feel as if my program was very lax in some areas and not in others. I've heard from a few nurses during clinicals that it is much different from when they went to nursing school. I think the thought process is that the job sites are supposed to be more willing to educate and train and that nursing school is just supposed to give you the basics. I guess that's just how it is now...a good nurse will continue to learn and continue to ask questions on things he/she does not understand :)

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