New nurse need advice

[jalow]

i am on my third week working with my preceptor on the floor, and i am up to two patient out of 6, im not to thrilled about it because i feel so slow and feel like i need to be told how to do everything. although i have come to quickly realize that real world is nothing like what they taught you in nursing school, i still feel like i am way too green. i feel like i am getting reprimanded on everything, the bright side is that i rather it be done now instead of when im off on my own but i hate how im getting yelled at even for not going to lunch at the time i was told to. WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE IT BETTER? Does any one have advice on what to do to improve my skills everything from prioritizing to time management. i don't know how long her patience will last with me and im not really getting any feedback...

my first week she told me what i could work on and we had open communication, since then i just get talked at instead of to.

[NightBloomCereus]

You just aren't getting the warm, cuddly, HAPPY feedback you think you should get. Or you thought you would get. Or you're used to getting from your parents.

In the real world of adults and real jobs, you get far more negative feedback than positive.

I'm sorry others on this forum are being so harsh. I'm sure you're doing everything you can to learn and become the best nurse you can be. Otherwise you wouldn't have posted asking how you can be better.

Major transitions are hard and the first year of nursing is extremely hard. Just take care of yourself and be patient with yourself. I've been working in healthcare for a while and find that people just don't like it when new a new person can't fend for themselves and they forget how incredibly stressful it is to be new. When you're doing the best you can and find that you keep messing up and forgetting things, it's naturally disheartening because you're human and because you genuinely care about doing a good job. The best thing you can do is forgive yourself for not knowing everything and know that this stage will pass. In one year you will be much more confident.

Just never forget what it was like to be new, so that in 5, 10 years you can put yourself in the new nurse's shoes and give them what they need to be a successful nurse.

[jalow]

thank you for all ur kind words and advice