 Hi guys, so again, I'm recording in a different area. I just redid my bedding And so I thought it'd be kind of fun to record right here I'm not sure how the lighting and all that will work out But let me know what you think in the comments below But anyways, I wanted to do a video today to talk about transitioning from nursing student to nurse because I feel like we all have this and I did to this kind of false Perception of what it's really going to be like transitioning from nursing school to being a nurse You know, we hear that it's difficult. It can be overwhelming But we kind of have this idea of like that life is just gonna be so much better right away once you become a new nurse And I was talking with nurse bass, so I'm sure a lot of you guys know of him if you don't I'll link his channel down below He just graduated nursing school got his RN and is working in a New grad sort of residency program type thing in the ICU now So we were talking about like how it was going for him and like how it was for me when I first started as a nurse And we were just talking about how you know, we expect so much in ourselves like we just expect to like be able to jump right in and You know be able to do everything and really it's not that way. It's so overwhelming at first And yes, like we were told it's overwhelming. We know it's gonna be overwhelming But it's almost like disappointing because you anticipate that when you become a nurse that all of a sudden Life is just me so much better And you know, you won't have nursing school and you're gonna be this nurse and life's gonna be great Cuz you're gonna be working as a nurse, but it's really the first couple weeks and sometimes couple months are just very almost It's like a reality check of like, whoa, this is actually what I'm gonna be doing and yeah So I wanted to talk about this because I I feel like maybe some people would be scared to talk about it Or maybe you feel like you're the only one because not a lot of people talk about like how Hard it is to start off being a new grad nurse And so I want to talk about it because it is hard starting off as a new grad nurse Even when I transitioned from med surge to working in the ICU even though I had a year of nursing experience I still was overwhelmed and like questioning myself like can I even do this is this for me and those are all normal feelings and over time you get used to it things get better and You'll eventually come around to the other side. Hopefully of really enjoying being a nurse in what you're doing So I want to end on that note Wherever you are in your nursing journey, just embrace it and enjoy it because it's just temporary And you're gonna be moving on to the next phase Eventually so thank you guys for watching and I'll see you guys in my next video