Ok. I’m not a real fraud. But I feel like one sometimes.
I recently graduated from college and passed my licensing exam to be a nurse (in case that wasn’t evident in my username). I was so excited when I finally got a job and started practicing this summer. I was getting a great amount of hours. I had flexibility with my hours too. I was able to pick up as many (or as little) amount of hours. On top of all of this, I was about to go to Europe. Guess that gave me a goal to work as hard as I did.
Now, I’m not sure what to do. Ever since I came home from Europe, I get anxiety before work. I nearly cry before I go to work everyday. I feel like that kid that wants to play hooky, but I want to play hooky for life.
It’s a frustrating thing. I really enjoy the people I work with. Would I be best friends outside of work with all of them? Probably not. But I also know it’s pretty rare to actually enjoy most of the people you work with.
Are there any other nurses that feel or have felt this way?
I’m not sure where I stand with this whole situation. I’m “too young”/too early in the nursing game to qualify for anything. I need to stay at least a year or maybe two in the ward I’m in right now to “gain experience”. We’ll see what happens.
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