u/theunknownnn12xo

hi everyone,
i’m a new hca and only started in april. i really want to become a nurse in the future, but after today i just feel like i’m not good enough.
we had such a stressful shift today. a patient had just stepped down from hdu and another hca said she was busy and didn’t really want to do the patient’s obs, so i said i’d do them because i wanted to help and these sets of obs really needed doing. so i stayed behind to do a full set of obs.

when i first did them, her oxygen sats were 81%, her respiratory rate was high and her news2 score came out as 8. i immediately escalated it to the nurse because i thought that was the right thing to do.
not long afterwards her oxygen sats went back up to 95-96%, and they wanted to cancel the met call but it was too late because the team had already arrived.
i’ve come home feeling awful because i keep thinking i wasted everyone’s time. the whole ward had such a horrible day, panic alarms were going off, everyone stayed late and some staff were even crying because of how stressful it was.
i’ve only been here a short time and i genuinely try my best every shift. i always try to help where i can and learn from everyone around me. i really do want to become a nurse one day, but today has knocked my confidence so much. i feel incompetent and i’m scared to go back on monday in case everyone thinks i overreacted or did something wrong.

i am just overthinking and spiralling. idk, i feel so incompetent.

hi what happens if you leave before you finish your probation period? currently a hca and leaving in two months due to go uni so i wont complete my probation. i am also on hca bank while will help me when studying
it says on my contract i can give a one week notice since i am on probation, but do you guys think it better if i did two/three weeks notice?

hi i am currently struggling really bad with night shifts, its not doing them per say, but more so the sleep. i cant sleep when i get in from my night shift (7:30-7:30). i have done it all, blackout eye mask, white noise, fan going and i cant manage a good sleep. today i slept from 8-1 but it was broken sleep and i woke up every hour and i have another night shift tonight, luckily we get a two hours break so i will spend majority of that sleeping.

i really struggle to nap in the day tbh, before the night shift and after and its giving me so much anxiety as i am person who usually gets full 8 hours of sleep every night and i feel like this type of sleep pattern (not getting enough sleep when doing nights) can have serious future health consequences.

i have been in the job for one month (hca) and i am going to study nursing in october, however i know nights will be part of placement. but this is making me really depressed tbh and anxious. sorry i am massive overthinker

does anyone have any tips or advice? i am so stressed about working tonight.
is it worth speaking to my manager and asking to reduce nights? next month i have 3 nights and july i only have two, so should i toughen it up? i think its more the nights back to back (doubles) than the single ones, that’s the problem.

bought a new one , so hopefully getting it done by end of the next week

what can i do in the mean time please