Preceptor nightmare(vent but advice sought - Page 2

I truly hope this isn't the case, considering you only just started out. To be released when you haven't even settled in yet seems foolish on their part. All grads have struggles in the beginning as I see it and most are all resolvable with education and support in most situations.

A disability shouldn't come into it, not if you've passed nursing school and the NCLEX

Hope everything works out. Sending good thoughts your way.

Gold

Never anticipate. you don't know what is going to happen or may not happen. But are you going to worry until Tuesday? Like the story with my Aunt Rose. One hot August day, the family found Aunt Rose in the living room. She was wearing fur line boots, wool socks, heavy wool skirt, overcoat,ear muffs, and wool hat. My father said," Aunt Rose what are you doing? It's Summer. It's not going to snow." She turned to my father and said,
"You never know." If I does happen remember in life One door closes and another door opens. The doors may be sticky at times, but another one will open.

This part confuses me a bit. In your state are LVNs (LPNs in my state) allowed to push meds? In mine they are not. If there is a question I would ask, I would want to know why, as an RN, am I being oriented by an LPN? Now, before people want to jump on me, I have know some great LPN. Some at the LTC where I worked as an aide who could run circles around some RNs there. However, I don't think it is appropriate that an LPN would orient and RN in duties an LPN cannot legally perform. What if you had to hang blood for the first time?

The other thing that strikes me as strange is why a new RN has 4 preceptors? Sometimes you have one on nights and one on days. Sometimes your preceptor calls off and you get placed with someone new for a day. That happens. But, to have 4 right off the bat? That just seems to be a recipe for a poor experience for you. I would speak to either the NM or whomever is coordinating your orientation about this.

@psu...it's not unusual to have multiple preceptors in facilities without a formal new grad program. I can't remember how many preceptors I had, but it was at least seven. Yeah, it sucked.

In the process but does not have her license yet. She is still an LPN. Better you are away from that Job. Here in the NEW Jersey, She wouldn't orient you if she had to leave. They would have had to find someone else that could stay and answer any questions that you would have. I don't think that's a law here or there but in every job that I have had. They got a person on the shift that I was to precept me.

I am sorry you were let go, and I hope everything works out for you.

How can they let you go d/t a disability??? that's illegal....