As a nurse do you ever......

1 Do you ever come to work wearing the most adorable scrubs with a stethoscope around your neck, LVN or RN badge clipped to your lab coat, pen in hand ready to take notes, numerous medical supplies and devices in your pockets, and think to yourself, "I don't know what the heck I am doing!!!!"? For nurses with many years of experience, did you feel this way as a young nurse and did that feeling go away with time and experience?
Well, except for the "adorable scrubs" - yep I still do even after almost 19 years as a nurse. It does get easier but there are still days or certain problems that come up that I wish I knew the immediate answer to. Take care.

Umm...like, every day. Except for the adorable scrubs.

I must admit, I too have situations that come up at work from time to time that have me feeling this way. I have been an LPN for 3 years now and I have never worked in a hospital which is where you learn the most, I feel anyway. I feel so far behind those nurses who have that hospital experience but I want to be good at my job so bad that when they are doing something that I have less experience with I watch them like a hawk and take mental notes.

Every day, except the pockets worth of supplies.I make it a real goal to learn something new everyday at work.

My scrubs are adorable. But I do peds. They weren't as adorable when I did adults. And everyday, there's at least one thing that makes me think I don't know what I'm doing. I worry about the day I don't think that, as it will probably be the day that I really DON'T know what I'm doing.

Isn't adorable scrubs an oxymoron?

Quote from roser13Isn't adorable scrubs an oxymoron?

Quote from Queen2uDo you ever come to work wearing the most adorable scrubs with a stethoscope around your neck, LVN or RN badge clipped to your lab coat, pen in hand ready to take notes, numerous medical supplies and devices in your pockets, and think to yourself, "I don't know what the heck I am doing!!!!"? For nurses with many years of experience, did you feel this way as a young nurse and did that feeling go away with time and experience?

There are plenty of days I think to myself, 'Ok, now what is the first thing I'm going to do if the crap hits the fan? Who will I call?' And then I pray all shift that the crap doesn't hit the fan. (ETA - I have been a nurse for ten years, so maybe that answers your question. )

I'm an August graduate and start my first job as an LPN on Thursday. You've described my feelings. I am so excited to finally go to work, but I am also terrified. All I can think of isthe what ifs!!!!!!! Good luck to you.

Thanks guys and dolls for the honesty and support. At least I know I am not in this alonenurse:

Well I can't really say about the experience part. But I know what you mean by you get there and don't know what to do