New Nurse, terrible shift

I am a brand new RN, and just worked my 4th shift. It left me feeling overwhelmed and incompetent. I have always been a quieter person, it takes me time to feel comfortable in a new place, and sometimes my "Shyness" can be mistaken for obliviousness.

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Struggling with anxiety at new job

I’m currently doing some self reflection. I have recently switched back to agency nursing after my recent fiasco of losing my job (see previous post for more details.) I used to feel so confident and outgoing.

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What Certificates To Get for New RN

I graduated with an ADN in Dec 2018 and passed my NCLEX just last week. I was wondering aside from ACLS and BLS certificates, what other ones would be helpful for a new RN with no experience?

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Social Anxiety

I am a pre nursing student. I will be taking my last pre req this up coming fall (A&P 2). The problem is that I have been suffering with social anxiety for about 18 years now, which is over half of my life being that I’m only 27.

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Night Shift is Causing Panic Attacks

Almost 3 years a nurse. I found a hospital (call it Big Time Hospital) that I absolutely love. I work night shift currently. About 8 months into it on a med surg floor I was facing a really stressful situation, and the issue only got worse after management asked to see me about it.

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Should I leave nursing school, even if I just started?

After a while of deciding between social work/counseling/psych related careers and nursing, I settled on nursing as a career with reliable income and job security that would satisfy the science-y, hands-on, and people-oriented aspects of my personality and mind.

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