Re: how am i gonna make? newbie
I agree with previous posters, a preceptor can be more helpful than saying "Don't you know what time it is?" Unless you're standing around doing nothing and not getting your work done, which seems unlikely! You won't get your time-management skills all whipped together in the next few weeks anyway. She could be more helpful by *teaching* you what she does that works for her, and then you could adapt her expertise to your own style. Everyone knows that a new nurse is like a little gossling. Mama can teach you and show you, but at some point you will have to fly all on your own! And everyone is shaky at it at that point.
Keep in mind that your orientation has a finite limit, you won't be on it forever. You may not be on it much longer! I come off of orientation in a couple of weeks and I can't wait. My preceptor tries very hard to help, and I like her a lot, but the truth is that I think I will do better on my own, when I can just go to people (including her) when I have questions or need help. She almost helps too much now. She will do things for my patients without telling me, or get new information about them and not pass it on to me (the first I'll hear of it is in reporting off). But then she has saved me plenty of time, too! So I can't complain, but I'm looking forward to having my patients truly be my very own.
Don't be discouraged! No one thinks they'll get the hang of it but then they do! Always keep in mind that there are many, many different areas of nursing where the challenges are different. Not every area has the intense time-management focus of med-surg (I'm assuming that's where you are). Best of luck!
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