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Panicking avout starting my new placement on Tuesday at uni

Posted by Jacqui on 3/18/2007, 4:12 pm

Hi All,
I hope you are all ok and have had a nice weekend?
As you can see by the topic, it is not eno related but I am majorly panicking about starting my new placement on Tuesday!
I am a training to be a Childrens Nurse and am just finishing a block of lectures and am starting a 3 month placement on Tuesday. I am going to be working on a Childrens Oncology (cancer) Ward and I am sooooooo scared about this placement.
I know it is a brilliant opportunity for me and I know I am going to learn loads but I also know it is going to be very challenging and hard but I am excited about the learning experience.
However, I just feel totally and utterly freaked out about starting on Tuesday and am worrying myself stupid over it.
I know I always get nervous about starting new placements but I am soooo scared about starting on Tuesday.
On of my best friends has put up with me for the last 6 weeks panicking about this placement and she has had to listen to me go on about how scared I am and how I would be better off working in Mc Donalds...lol!
I just feel so overwhelmed by starting on Tuesday and am panicking that I dont know enough to go and do a placement on a cancer ward even though I know I am still training. It is just all very scarey and I feel sick about it and am starting to cry when I think about it because I am panicking so much about it!!!
So I go in on Tuesday at 7.45am for an induction day with the other students who will be on placement there! Aaarrrggghhhh:eek
I am doing well endowise since my lap which is a huge relief and despite people not believing I was cut out to do my nurses training, I have proved alot of people wrong so far. As I said, I am doing alot better endowise most of the time but I guess I am just going to have to pace myself.
I just needed to have a rant as I think if I continue to tell my close friends & my parents how scared I am, then they may end up on a funny farm due to me causing them to go insane...LOL!
I will let you know when I can how it is going but would be very grateful for your prayers this week as I start this new placement, especially on Tuesday!!!
Take Care & Best Wishes, Jacqui xxx