My First Code: New Nurse Stories | First Shift

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students · Sep 25, 2026 · 5m

The premiere of First Shift — our new Friday series: real stories from nurses' first shifts, and the honest talk that gets you through yours.

A real nurse wrote on allnurses about her first code — she froze while twenty people flooded the room, then replayed it all night wondering if the other nurses thought less of her. She's not alone: another new grad froze during hers too.

Jon Haws, RN — founder of NURSING.com — has worked with thousands of nurses and nursing students just like you. His preceptor pushed him into chest compressions on his own first code. In this episode: why freezing is…