Is there something wrong?

[Anonymous]

I work as a patient care tech in a hospital. I passed my CNA in high school. I'm surprised I passed.

I walked into a room and he had his bed up high and I asked him if he wanted it like that. I should've put it down and explained it was very dangerous. He was 31. But I was helping him when the nurse came in and asked him why the bed was up high and he wanted to be up like that.

I feel so stupid, I'm 25 and they probably think I'm incompetent. I want to be a nurse, but I'm just not smart. I feel like I'm slow. I got bad social anxiety and anxiety. I'm just so incompetent.. I'm 25 and feel so immature. I've been here 2 and a half months. I just feel so stupid. Do I have like a low IQ or something... ugh there's nurses MY AGE.

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I knew the bed shouldn't of been up that high I should've said hey let's put the bed down it's unsafe. I don't know sometimes I wonder if I'm slow or have low IQ.

[SecretsofKB]

I think I recognize you! But hey! Nurse here. I went through school with classmates in their 30's, 40's, and one in her 50's.

They were all incredible students and the nurse in her 50's is now an amazing ED nurse that I get to work with a lot.

Don't worry about age at all. It seriously doesn't matter. Just do you and relax a bit.

[Asker]

He asked for like food, such and I went to make sure it was alright the nurse. I just don't feel comfortable at all. I think there's something wrong. Would I have even been able to pass the test if my IQ was low?

[sw1916]

Hey I’m a nurse. And don’t let it get to you, we all make mistakes but that is apart of learning. When you run into issues like this, you learn from it and you move on and apply it future situations, don’t be so hard on yourself.

[Guy13]

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