Hey guys!
I just need to vent for a minute, in hopes other nurses have had or have the same issues I'm dealing with.
I'm a brand new nurse who just graduated with my BSN and started working in a CCU/medical ICU at a level 1 Trauma center.
For the most part I have had good shifts with my preceptor, but over the weekend it was rough. I felt like she thought I was a complete idiot. I don't think she remembers what it's like to be a brand new nurse who has no idea what she's doing! It's so frustrating. Do I know how to shoot CO? Nope. Sure don't. So you'll have to stay in the room with me. She seemed very inconvenienced that she couldn't just go run around and let me do all the work. Isn't that the point of an internship-to learn!?
I didn't have any ICU experience working before this internship, and my critical care rotation in school sucked because I was at a lower acuity hospital and just didn't get super sick patients or many vents/swans etc. So 90% of this stuff is all new to me! I'm still learning SO much.
Does anyone else feel like sometimes these nurses expect you to know it all right out of the gate??
This weekend was the first time I drove home crying because I just felt defeated.
Advice and encouragement welcome!!