u/Chance_Rent9695

I am a new grad RN in a level 1 trauma, very high acuity ICU. I’ve been on the unit for 7 months, and been on my own for 3. As with most ICUs, our patients deteriorate quickly and often, which is exactly why they are brought to us in the first place. Every time this happens on my shift, I cannot help to think that I may have done something wrong, or missed something. Even in situations where I know I did everything right, I have so much anxiety leaving my shifts. I’m so nervous all of the time, and I’m worried that my unit thinks I’m dumb and incompetent. My job is literally eating me alive, and I’ve tried to make checklists and triple checking my chatting before I leave, nothing helps. I’m so scared all of the time and I’m thinking about quitting.