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Nurse working in UK

I am a 25 year old nurse working in the UK i qualified about 12 months ago, my very first shift as non supernumerary was a disaster, i felt like i couldnt cope as i didnt get time to check patients' blood pressures etc on time and i felt iike i was falling behind in general. Due to this i was put back on to supernumerary giving me learning time and after about 5 weeks time i was put back into the numbers and i forgot to continue fluids for a patient who was on what is called a "sliding scale" the patient was put on this due to his high blood sugar levels. I find this out the next day, the night nurse told me she had datixed me ( an incident report). Then in the afternoon i get pulled into the nurse mananger's office where they said that i will be put on an " capability action plan" meaning being supernumerary again but its more serious and my competencies will be retested and if i fail, it's the end of the road. Fast forward 3 months i pass all the competencies again, and pass the action plan. I am now one month of supernumerary, and i was super busy on a nigh shift and another nurse comes into my bay and says i should have reviewed all the patients' fluids earlier, i was aware and was gonna do them but didnt get the time, as i was in the middle of doing somethibg else.She basically tells me to call the doc and gets them reviewed. I had a feeling she was gonna tell the manager about this. And when i came back to work after a week's holiday was called in for a meeting with the chief nurse and my manager they said i am being transferred to a diff specialty bc on one of the night staff said i was struggling. I had no choice but to agree, and now i work in a theatre admissions suite (this is where i got transferred to) Previously i was working in a urology ward. I feel so incompetent as a nurse, am i just a dumb nurse and should i just quit ? I have lost all of my confidence and i honestly dont know what to do
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Beautywithin · 36-40, F
I'm a nurse! Please stick with it, i felt like this the first 2yrs. Remember youve worked hard to get where you are now. With more experience you will do just fine.
Mshj1197 · 26-30, F
@Beautywithin i don't know if mentioned, i started as a studnet nurse in that ward and even as a student my mentor just made me do beds and blood pressure and even when i asked her to let me manage a case load she say yeah but the next day she would just sent me to a diff bay bc they needed an extra hand. I even tried contacting my Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) bc i felt so helpless as a student, but they never got back to me. I just feel like what has happened me is so unfair
Mshj1197 · 26-30, F
@Beautywithin thank you so much for your kind words it means a lot xx. I didnt even tell my friends (who are all nurses) about this as its too embarrassing
Beautywithin · 36-40, F
@Mshj1197 I agree it is unfair! The biggest thing I've found is the staff have no care or compassion towards students we all started out as one. I'm as sensitve as they come and ive had to proper toughen up. The NHS are desperate for nurses but they have know idea the pressure we are under, i can understand why many would not want to do that profession anymore. Don't feel like you have to deal with this yourself, talk to your friends i can guarantee at some point they may have experienced similar 🤗