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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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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
I've just spent the last three days in hospital, and from a patient's perspective, i had the chance to chat with Doctors and Nurses about their workload, how they managed, and did they have any idea just how grateful those of us who find ourselves in your care are.

Most said they were working 12 hour shifts and the pressures you guys are under are inexplicable to most of us plebs.
Many said they were doing shifts without breaks or sufficient time away from the floor or even being unable to eat and digest before having to return to the ward.
And paperwork is an added headache if you don't get sufficient time to recall and record correctly.

[b[]Don't doubt yourself ![/b]
Any form of Nursing shift is being dropped in at the deep end. Us patients understand that !
People at the 'learning end' don't need post-event-sanction, they need on the job training and adequate supervision !
Us patients understand that too !
You're bound to make errors and mistakes. Nobody starts off perfect.
Guess what ? Us patients understand that too !

So don't doubt yourself.
You're in the toughest of professions at the worst possible time.
And believe me when i tell you We all thank God for you !