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Date Posted: 17:22:11 10/31/02 Thu
Author: Nix
Subject: Re: New Nursing Student
In reply to: Kate 's message, "New Nursing Student" on 17:50:04 03/21/02 Thu

>I am a second year nursing student and am currently
>doing my placement in a hospital in Canada. I have
>always wanted to be a nurse and loved the program when
>I first got in to it. This year things have been a
>bit different and I have been having a hard time with
>the actual transition of working in the hospital. I
>find that every time I go on the floor I am scared to
>death. I feel so incompitent and am intimidated at
>the wealth of knowledge that the other experienced
>nurses posess. My greades are pretty good, my average
>is up in the 90's and have a good grasp of the
>concepts it just that I'm afraid to make a mistake
>because I'm dealing with people's lives. I guess what
>I want to know is: Is it normal to feel this way? Do
>all new nurses or nursing students feel intimidated
>and scared or is it just me? I'm scared that when I
>do graduate and get out in the real world that I will
>be a faiure as a nurse. Please help, any advise is
>appreciated!

Yes they do; I am in third year and still feel that way--however, you do get over the people's lives thing. You learn to forget that and just do what is needed/required of you. Just make sure you triple check meds, ect. until you get more confidence, and it does come, slowly I might add. Hang in there it gets better.

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