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Anxious wreck of a new gradRating: (votes: 1) Each time, I jot it down and write it on a list to remember, but each day it's something else, and I am blamed for it. Comment:
That was by far the best thing I needed to read. Thankyou very much. I get told that a lot. I am by far the biggest perfectionist and harshest critic of myself, I just hate not being good and efficient at things. But I know it takes time, it is just frustrating. Thanks so much!
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Being a brand new nurse is probably one of the most humbling things you will ever go through. You want to look good, you want to be perceived as competent, you want to shine.....but the truth is you AREN'T competent yet and nobody expects you to be. You will be getting a lot of feedback, which is a good thing, but for perfectionists like you and me and most other nurses, it is a raw experience that can be frustrating and discouraging. Make up your mind to deal with this temporary career phase with grace. Accept all corrections and criticisms with inner grace and implement them into your practice. Don't let your brain fool you into thinking "Everyone thinks I suck! They probably are talking about me behind my back, about how bad I am at this!" It is a dangerous mental pathway that will do nothing but obliterate your budding confidence. We were all new once, every single one of us, and where I am from, more of us are trying to bend over backward to help build that new nurse up. If she is particularly hard on herself, she makes that hard to do.Congratulations on your new job!
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