Six months ago i qualified as a nurse and accepted my first post in a central London NHS hospital. Throughout training we're warned about the struggles of the first year of being newly qualified but this feels like a whole new level. Lack of time, poor communication between professionals and minimal support makes me feel like I'm delivering such a poor quality of care, nothing close to the standards I had envisioned as a student. I'm physically and mentally drained...I've lost count of the amount of poor surgeons' shoulders I've cried onto when it's almost two hours after my shift has ended and I'm still there. Im struggling so much but don't want to approach my line manager in case I am actually just being a bit of a wimp and need to just toughen up. It also doesn't help that the other newly qualified on the ward is finding the first year "surprisingly easy"