Hello everyone,
I was hoping you guys can help with my stress as a new nurse. How did you guys survived when you first started working?. Any tips or feedback will help. I just feel that being a new nurse is extremely stressful. To me nursing school was not that hard but being a new nurse is the hardest thing I have ever done and I want to conquer it. I want to be my best and feel happy to go to work. Honestly speaking I feel nursing school does not prepares us for the real world job. Currently I am working in a nursing home PRN in the weekend only as I am still going to school for my RN. I feel that nursing home is not for me. Is this ok to feel this way? I can't wait to finish my RN and get a job in the hospital that I have been doing my clinical. I have a great chance of getting a job there as I have done extra clinical hours to get my LVN license while I am in the RN program. So do you guys think its ok for me to think that nursing home is just not for me?? Can it be possible that hospital is better for me? I feel very depressed while working there because I have only two other nurse working with me in the weekend and no supervisor or charge nurse, just the three of us. I love the hospital when I go for my clinical. I like the environment how there are more nurses, charge nurse, and other staff members. It is a different environment than the nursing home which I like, a more cheerful environment. Also I would love feedback on how to survive being a new nurse. Thanks to everyone for support. I love this website and so glad I found it!