Advice for the first year of Nursing

Good luck in your new adventure and enjoy your time off! I enjoyed reading your post as I am hoping to start getting some acceptance notifications very soon!
The more I read, the more scared I am about getting the first job!
Quote from visionary123The more I read, the more scared I am about getting the first job!
Confidence is everything
I loved your post, you are an excellent writer and everything you wrote is so true. The "not adding co-workers to facebook" thing is GREAT advice. I did not decide to add my co-workers until I had been at my job a year and was about to transfer and I thought I knew who I could trust, but still I came to find out that I couldn't trust some of them afterall. Also, that one Charge nurse or night nurse you cant stand might try to add you and that would be awkward.... You also cant rant about work or be as open on facebook about your private life as you could have otherwise been if your co-workers are your friends on facebook, so I totally agree with not adding them.
Spot on! I totally relate. Working in LTC wasn't what I really wanted to do but it's turned out to be great experience...honestly I find something to laugh about every single shift I work. Attitude is everything. Also...totally agree with not adding co workers on FB. Oh and good for you for taking time off to be young! Time is gonna pass whether you're having fun or not...so you might as well have some fun!! Anyways...good luck to you!
I loved this piece! It was so great to hear these things.
Sounds about right, from what I have experienced.
Good luck on your new adventures! Reading this has given me great insight on what to expect when I get my first nursing job. Thank you for sharing your point of view.
Just be nice with the people around.
Great article. I couldn't agree more with the no friends at work. I don't even have a facebook page!!!
I agree, school is the easy part, actually working in the real world as a nurse is the hard part. You have to learn what you don't know, manage the anxiety, deal with cliques and other nurses that will find fault with you. Not all nurses are like this, just a few that are power hungry and get off on putting others down, the rest of us are too busy taking care of our own patients to take the time to judge the new nurses. Working 12 hour shifts is a great way to dodge the trouble makers and cliques because you can go a month without seeing someone! I'm impressed with the new nurses I work with, many appear calm, confident and stress free, although if you ask them they'll say they are stressed. They don't show it! In some ways it's easier now to be a new nurse because most hospitals have emergency response teams you can call if a patient isn't doing well or you want some advice! Also the computer prevents many possible med errors. Over time you will learn who you can trust and who is a reliable resource person. Every fellow nurse has different personalities, abilities and expertise some are really good at IV's, other's are good in emergencies, or have lots of knowledge and wisdom. I agree to be careful about who you become friends with and not oversharing too much about your personal life. I too would caution having coworkers on facebook, but that is difficult to do in real life because many coworkers will seek you out to friend you and then if you don't respond it might lead to awkwardness at work. Just remember facebook is public, whatever you put on it can be sent to almost anyone because any one of your facebook friends could tell many others what you say or do! A friend of mine used an alias for her facebook page so she could maintain her privacy and limit friends to family and who she trusted. Also I would remind people not to put their picture on their all nurses profile. You never know when something you write might offend someone and you are making it easier to be identified by a coworker or manager! I would even advise you to use a separate email when you are on blogs like all nurses than the one you use for work or job applications because their is such a thing as the deep web or dark net search engines that can be used by employers to learn more about you than you would want them to know!