If anyone is a nurse manager or nursing director, I can sure use your advice. I graduated in April of this year with a BSN. Recieved RN licensure in June and began an internship/preceptor program in July. Of course there is a 90 day probationary period. At the risk of not being too hard on myself but yet recognizing that I made big attitude mistakes with 4 different preceptors, the entire situation led to a termination. I have been humbled and have learned a great deal about myself, what I need to change in order to succeed in a career that I love so much.
Please help me. I don't know what to say on my next interview when asked why I left the internship program. While I don't want to lie, I want to stress my strengths, the love I have for nursing and the skills I learned in the program! When it comes to references, unfortunately I can't use my ex-nursing director as reference.
What can I do? This situation has truly been a learning curve for me, but I certainly don't want it to stop me from moving forward in my career. I am definitely a hospital Med/Surg nurse and that is what I love to do.
Your counsel would be appreciated.
I really messed up on my first nursing job!
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Re: I really messed up on my first nursing job!
To all that responsed to my request, please know that today is my birthday, I have a bad case of influenza and I'm still looking for a job. Nevertheless, I decided to go online to continue in my job search (since I have bills to pay). But first i wanted to browse into allnurses.com to see if someone had responded to my request for advise. I have never been so moved to tears by the wonderful people that have responded to my plea for advise. After reading all of your responses, this is the first time I have actually been able to break down and cry over all that has happened. Maybe this is the first step towards accepting that there are wonderful people in the nursing field. Truly, I've had such bad experiences I really began to doubt it. Thank you for giving me back the faith and knowledge that there are many caring colleagues out there that don't just want to "eat their young". Thank you so much!
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