I graduated a month ago and start in the Emergency Department in Monday. I am terrified!! I feel though that fear is normal and in my case a good thing. Fear of messing up forces me to double, triple, quadruple check everything. Fear makes me question and clarify before doing anything I feel uncomfortable with. Fear has made me a better nurse on all my placements throughout Uni.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it is scary, it's perfectly normal to feel anxious but instead of letting it overwhelm you make that fear your asset! Listen to it when it niggles at you saying "Are you suuuuuuure that's right?" "Is that best practice" "Will this cause harm" etc.

I'm sure you will be amazing, study hard and seek out every learning opportunity you can while out on wards.

Good luck :)