12 Habits of Nurses Who Are Always Confident
How to be confident every day, even when you don’t feel confident.
It’s not easy to be confident every day, especially when you’re a new nurse or starting a new job.
I have been a new nurse, not once, but twice. Once as a new RN and again as a new nurse practitioner. I’ve started new nursing positions five times in my life.
I’ve observed nurses along the way and I’ve learned a few things that are worth sharing.
Nurses who are always confident . . .
1. Don’t Pretend
Confident nurses don’t pretend they know everything. Being a new nurse or being in a new nursing position can be challenging, expect it and accept it.
But whatever you do — don’t fake it until you make it. Absolutely don’t do that. There is no benefit to yourself or the patient by pretending you know something when you don’t. Actually, it can be downright dangerous (and unethical) to act like you know what you’re doing when you don’t.
Don’t bother pretending. Don’t assume you know. Don’t impersonate experience.
Be the nurse who is confident about what you don’t know.
