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  1. I've thought about posting this for some time. I'm sure there will be some who comment the usual "suck it up buttercup" response, but this post is for anyone out there who faces shame, self loathing,...
  2. Anxiety over Patient Care

    Hello I am new grad nurse thats only been working for about 6 months. When this particular incident happened I had been off orientation for about 2 months. I had this post op GYN 60 y/o f who just had...
  3. Anxiety Over Past Mistakes

    I am searching for some guidance. I can not get over some mistakes I have made YEARS ago. Simply because they seem so damn stupid to me now. For example, I keep replaying this patient scenario......
  4. Increased Anxiety Before Work

    I’ve been a nurse for 2 years now at a busy neuro stepdown unit. I’ve never experienced anxiety before work as a new grad. However, I’ve been experiencing increased anxiety recently, mostly...
  5. Anyone get anxiety prior to their shift?

    As a new Nurse I have been dealing with it. When I was a student it was fine because the instructors were there to help. I arrive to work early. I sit in my car in the parking lot thinking about...
  6. Depression + Anxiety as a Nurse

    Hi guys, I’ve had depression & anxiety for many years, if not forever really. I am very worried about my mental health affecting my nursing ability. I am currently in lvn/lpn school, doing...
  7. Chief Complaint "My son died a month ago. He was stationed in Afghanistan. I think I'm still in shock. For the last few weeks I haven't slept well. I keep waking up in the middle of the night, my...
  8. I wanted to ask for input here on what you have seen help your elementary students with T1D, ADHD, OCD, and anxiety as far as 504 plans. edited to add food allergies. not sure how I could forget about...
  9. Anyone else ever deal with a case of the Sunday Scaries? ? The intense overwhelm that consumes you before taking on a new week. The fear of the unknown. The dread of the weekend yet again...
  10. Dear Nurse Beth, I'm not sure if I should be a nurse anymore? So maybe it is more of an anxiety issue or just completely want to let go of nursing. I am a 28 yr old whose got around 5 years...
  11. Recently, it has come to my attention that MDs have been targeted for over prescribing narcotics for pain control. My mother has become one of the victims of these new laws that have made it difficult...
  12. Examples of what I mean by investigations on floors... There is a fall and they weren't wearing hip protectors ... missing signatures on narcotic counts sometimes police involved ... medications...
  13. Fear and Anxiety

    The only two stores that I go to are the grocery store and the gas station. People are not wearing a mask or gloves. I asked one man at a grocery store, (who wasn't wearing a mask or gloves), "Aren't...
  14. Hi all, I am looking for some thoughts here on the high-anxiety I’m facing as a new grad RN. I work in a busy inner-city ER that sees a fair amount of COVID, as well as a high amount of psych...
  15. Our lives are filled with unrest. Unless you live on a secluded island, you are exposed daily to news of economic strife, poverty, disease, natural disasters, violence and the list goes on. It’s...
  16. After five years at the bedside working in a Trauma ICU, I look back fondly on my time in nursing school. I recall walking into the Trauma Unit as a practicum student, listening to report on a young...
  17. According to the 2018 National College Health Assessment, only 1.6 percent of college students felt no stress over the past 12 months. Whether you are a pre-nursing student, enrolled in a nursing...
  18. Hello everyone, I hope it's okay to soundboard here. I passed the NCLEX in CA on April 1. I've now been ward clerk for 3 days "orientating", and while I did get some experience (first...
  19. Hi, I'm at the tail end of my new grad orientation into a specialty unit. I've already had it extended because I wasn't ready to be on my own. I have had both good and bad shifts, like anyone else....
  20. Anxiety over making mistakes?

    Hi Allnurses It might be just me, but I recently feel so anxious over making a mistake. I wI recently felt so anxious over the job that I am doing. I am not a multitasker and I am quite...
  21. Post-shift anxiety

    Hi all, I am a new nurse who has been on my own for about a month. I am struggling with severe post-shift anxiety; running through everything I could have possibly done wrong. For example, I...
  22. Anxiety Makes Me Want to Quit

    I have been a nurse for about a year now. I work in a physical rehabilitation hospital where I work with mainly elderly. My work position is the kind where I am every day in a different floor...
  23. Therapeutic communication for anxiety

    I work at the high school level and there are a lot of students with mental health disruptions. I will be called to a bathroom where a student is having a full-blown panic attack. My question...
  24. No Prior Experience I had never even been in a hospital before. I was never a CNA. I didn't volunteer as a candy striper. I did not know what it meant to care for other adults. I was only 22...
  25. Hey everyone, I’m looking for some advice or guidance. I’m a new nurse, graduated about a year ago but have only been working since October and only working on my own since December (I waited for...