It’s honestly frustrating trying to seek advice as a new grad when so many responses are immediately negative. “Keep your head down.” “Confidence as a new grad screams arrogance.” “You need Med-Surg experience first.” “Just wait until you’re actually a nurse.” Like damn, are y’all training the new grads or just waiting for them to fail? 😂 I understand that nursing comes with a huge learning curve, and patient safety should always come first. Nobody is arguing against that. But why does being new automatically mean you have to be fearful, insecure, or constantly reminded of everything you don’t know? We talk so much about supporting new nurses, yet some of the advice given seems more discouraging than constructive. There’s a difference between teaching someone humility and making them feel like they haven’t earned the right to be confident in themselves. We don’t have to keep passing down the same attitudes and expectations just because that’s how things were when you started. Let people learn, grow, ask questions, make their own experiences, and find their footing. You can be confident AND teachable. You can be inexperienced AND capable of becoming a great nurse. Those things aren’t mutually exclusive. At some point, we have to ask ourselves whether we’re actually creating an environment where new nurses can thrive or just expecting them to survive what everyone before them went through.   submitted by   /u/TopEntertainer7644 [link]   [comments]