Scared more than excited

M, my co-volunteer  in our area will start her work as a staff nurse on the 1st day of November. She's been a volunteer nurse for 5 months. As for me, I don't know yet though our head nurse asked me if I can wait till January.

My 2nd week in the area

I asked M her feelings about getting hired soon. She said, she's anxious and scared. I, too, feel the same way when I get hired. Compared to other jobs (correct me if I am wrong with this), being hired as a staff nurse takes a lot of responsibilities. It's not only our license that is at stake but also the lives of our patients. Whatever happens to our patients, we are responsible of it especially if it's something to do with our nursing care. We really should be careful of what we're doing to avoid errors. My problem is that I am sometimes forgetful! Lol. So what I do is that I jot down notes from time to time to remind me the things that I should refer/do.

I'm actually excited about getting hired as well for the obvious reason. Hello, I am 25 years old. I wasted 4 years of my life and now, finally... I see the light. Haha! But sometimes, this excitement fades away when our senior nurses talk about their first few weeks as a junior nurse. It sometimes scares the hell out of us. On the other hand, they give us words of encouragement. Like what my mom tells me, "If others can, why can't I?" My senior nurses survived those hell weeks of their lives, I also think that I could survive it. I know I will. I know I can.