#69: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

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🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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If you've ever said to yourself, "I don't belong here" or "They're going to find out I don't know what I'm talking about" then you may very well suffer from imposter syndrome. In this podcast episode, Nurse Mo talks about imposter syndrome, why it's so common in nursing students and why it has absolutely nothing to do with how amazing you actually are. ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Crucial Concepts Bootcamp - Start nursing school ahead of the game, or reset after a difficult first semester with my nursing school prep course, Crucial Concepts Bootcamp. Learn key foundation concepts, organization and time management, dosage calculations, and so much more. 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students – Learn key strategies that will help you be a successful nursing student with this FREE guide! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Straight A Nursing App - Study on-the-go with the Straight A Nursing app! Review more than 5,000 flashcards covering a wide range of subjects including Fundamentals, Pediatrics, Med Surg, Mental Health, Maternal Newborn, and more! Available for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Terms apply, C3.co. UK. Hey everyone it is Nurse Mo and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing
0:45.8	Podcast today we're on episode 69 and we're talking about imposter
0:51.7	syndrome today.
0:53.9	So I was having dinner with a really good friend of mine
0:57.2	a few weeks back.
0:58.6	And we started talking very openly, very honestly
1:02.4	about my never ending struggle with imposter syndrome and my friend
1:07.2	looked at me with total surprise after I described to her how I felt and said, there's a name for that. I thought it was just me.
1:17.2	And what followed was a really deep and meaningful discussion about how no matter what we
1:22.4	achieve, we always feel like we're faking it or we
1:26.2	don't belong.
1:27.9	So imposter syndrome is defined as that feeling that you're not qualified to be in this situation that you find yourself in.
1:37.6	So people who suffer from imposter syndrome often think things like, I don't belong here or everyone else in the class is
1:48.2	smarter than me or they're going to find out I don't know what I'm doing. So if that sounds familiar, if you've ever talked to yourself like that, you could be suffering from imposter syndrome too. But don't worry, you're not alone in this. It happens to a lot of nursing students and we're going to hopefully work through it together.
2:10.0	So according to Dr. Valerie Young, many people who feel imposter syndrome are
2:17.4	students and nursing students absolutely no exception to this. So I want you to think back to those prerequisite courses that you took.
2:28.2	There's a really good chance that in those courses you were one of, if not the, top student in your class.
2:36.5	And now you're a nursing school surrounded by top students.
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