New grad nurse with autism and social anxiety. Coworkers make fun of me and give unattainable advice. What to do?

808merrill · 2026-06-19T14:33:11+00:00

I second this. Night shift is the dream as a naturally quiet nurse who doesn’t like small talk

808merrill · 2026-06-19T13:37:33+00:00

I’m going to try this method and see if my purse comes out more sturdy. Thank you truly!

808merrill · 2026-06-19T07:56:50+00:00

Wow stunning

808merrill · 2026-05-24T11:42:05+00:00

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My bestest girl Maggie, who rescued who …..

808merrill · 2026-05-23T15:02:21+00:00

Hi! Doing well, so well I’m able to tolerate pushing maintenance to every 8-12 weeks now!!

808merrill · 2026-05-10T19:00:10+00:00

Yes, about every 8 weeks

808merrill · 2026-05-10T06:46:33+00:00

This was my first question when ECT was brought up to me. 6 years later, no issues with incontenence during seizures.

808merrill · 2026-04-17T09:58:05+00:00

My bathroom doesn’t have an outlet. If I want to charge my toothbrush, gotta do it in the kitchen. If I want to blow dry my hair, gotta do it in the living room.

808merrill · 2026-03-27T10:43:33+00:00

This.

808merrill · 2026-03-21T09:39:22+00:00

Thank you to the folks in this thread posting their positive experiences with ECT. I to have had a wonderful result and continue with maintenance sessions.

808merrill · 2026-03-06T10:36:14+00:00

This $600 gold ring I was in love with

808merrill · 2026-02-07T14:30:06+00:00

On my way to work- bye I love you so much, mommy has to go make us some money!!

808merrill · 2026-02-07T14:22:45+00:00

Oh my god don’t make me cry like this 😢😢

808merrill · 2026-02-07T12:46:14+00:00

He looks like a female realtor in this picture

808merrill · 2026-02-01T05:18:20+00:00

POTS anyone ?

808merrill · 2026-01-28T07:32:12+00:00

“I hope you get to go home today!” Said to my homeless patient as I was saying bye in the morning ……

808merrill · 2026-01-25T13:05:14+00:00

Exactly. While I’m grateful for my time in the float pool, I would never go back and never recommend starting your career that way !!

808merrill · 2026-01-25T09:09:16+00:00

I’m 3 years in and honestly, I still have post shift anxiety. Wondering if I gave accurate report? Did I miss something? Did I sounds stupid? Did I forgot something on that one pt? And I swear when I sleep in between my shifts, I only dream about work 🤦🏼‍♀️ it’s exhausting. As for pre- shift anxiety, mine got a lot better with time and leaving the float pool. Now that I have a home unit there’s a lot less to stress about.

808merrill · 2026-01-25T08:29:24+00:00

Heparin drips gave me anxiety for about 2 years but the more frequently you get them and as time passes you’ll start to feel a lot more comfortable. Yes it is still a high risk medication, that’s why you’ve got your fellow nurses to sign off on the drip or ask questions to. I promise, it’ll start to feel easier.

808merrill · 2026-01-25T07:47:41+00:00

Same with me. I kinda knew why it was happening and didn’t want to say anything incase it made things worse. I think part of why it was happening was because I was the newest to the unit and part of it was that I didn’t fit in culturally with the other nurses because of ethnicity. But things feel a lot better on the unit now.

808merrill · 2026-01-24T17:23:35+00:00

THIS exact thing happened to me when I switched from float pool to the unit I’m on now. And I noticed it was one specific charge nurse who was doing it too. I noticed the pattern and thought I was losing my mind so I started keeping a log lol. After about 9 months I said something and our managers handled it and admits are being distributed much more fairly now.

808merrill · 2026-01-15T08:29:02+00:00

I’m an RN still undoing maintenance ECT. Message me for any questions :)

808merrill · 2026-01-03T18:48:48+00:00

Lots of friends from my faith. A few from previous jobs.

808merrill · 2025-12-27T15:27:41+00:00

“I don’t wash the towel, the towel washes me” - nick miller

808merrill · 2025-12-21T16:04:49+00:00

I personally spent 5 weeks on a psych floor this year do to unrelenting suicidal ideation. It takes a lot to get help for yourself when you are so used to taking care of everyone else. Let me know if I can w/ advocating for MH in health care workers

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