Travel Nurse- First gig!

Published Jan 8, 2015

11 Posts

Hey All!

I really need your opinions! I'm a 26 year old pediatric nurse. I've been at Mott Children's Hospital for the past three years on a medical-surgical unit. It's been a long time goal of mine to try out travel nursing for the past year. Problem is, I have the nervous jitters like crazy! It's not that I'm not confident, it's not knowing what to expect. I've gotten quite the experience here and I've seen a lot of things that generally a lot of nurses probably haven't experienced yet. I know this is probably silly to say but one of my biggest worries are IV starts and blood draws. The hospital I'm currently at is very resourceful and they have their own teams for all of that. I haven't started an IV since nursing school and they won't allow us to because of it! :/ Has anyone else felt nervous/apprehensive about their skills or doubting themselves when they took their first assignment?

I'd appreciate your feedback :)