Student VS Resident
As a nursing student I felt all over the place. I was very insecure; every weekend would start awful and end okay-- sometimes there were confidence-building moments, but mostly I felt myself slinking out of the hospital every day kicking myself.
Of course I am nervous, but I am not letting my anxiety devour me. I believe what calms me is this hard-to-describe feeling that I’m meant to be here. I am not a burden to the people training me. I am smart and capable.
My first day on the floor went okay. I took one patient, helped with some others, and I feel pretty good about it. My big accomplishment for the day was placing a Foley catheter on the first try in a female patient that has difficulty with catheters. My goal for Friday is to pass medications and chart more efficiently.
