lordizzy626

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  1. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    Well so far I have been on the dayshift with one preceptor. She has been an ICU nurse for 25 years and she is a real "shoot from the hip" kind of nurse. She is tough and she expects certain things, but I have done well with her. I actually feel like...
  2. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    Everyone, I appreciate all of the feedback everyone has given. This has been a very difficult situation for me because the nursing world is unlike any other professional career track I have been in pursuit of. I will be starting to document my inte...
  3. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    So the meeting was today. My preceptor legitimately threw me under the bus. She literally lied about events that never occurred. When I denied that it even happened and that wasn't how the situation transpired, it seemed to fall on deaf ears and th...
  4. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    @ wooh, I would embrace the chance to orient with one person, and only one person. Don't get me wrong, there was some consistency on nights with my current preceptor, but maybe I have been missing out on the bigger picture, which would help guide my...
  5. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    I think what frustrates me the most is that I do not know what I need to do to improve. I'm doing what I can to manage my time more efficiently, and I'm taking any advice I can and trying to use it. I have asked for concrete examples of how to impr...
  6. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    icuRNmaggie, I haven't been with my preceptor in two weeks because for one week she was on orientation at a PRN job that she took, and this past week I worked one shift and was told to take the next night off so they could get with my clinical direct...
  7. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    You know, 3 patient's seems to be the norm for a lot of units I have heard of. Only a few local units I hear normally keep a 2:1 ratio. It doesn't change the fact that I was getting my arse kicked that night. haha. I started off on nights barely be...
  8. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    It is more or less a throw away shift to shift for personal reminder. It will have things like, "turn patient", "check vitals" "glucose check". Your charting will cover all these things, it is just a basic reminder. That night I had 3 patients. B...
  9. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    icuRNmaggie, I forgot to answer your questions about the amount of preceptors that I have had. By my count so far, I have had a total of 10 preceptors. Not because of personality issues, but because of scheduling and my original preceptor being ill.
  10. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    Horseshoe, I really don't know what to think. Part of me believes I belong in critical care, but after my orientation in critical care, I am not so sure. I have to really consider my own personality and traits, and see if it meshes well with the typ...
  11. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    I understand that I am expected to know the vent modes, settings, waveforms and pressures. I can look at vent settings and tell you if a patient is riding the vent and needs to be taken down on sedation (if that is the case) or if the PEEP is still ...
  12. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    I did have a lack of confidence at first, but then I slowly started getting more sure of my actions. I mean, I think there is a difference between being confident and being cautious. So far, I can recall one account where being cautious interfered ...
  13. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    It is hard to really pinpoint. I mean, I graduated nursing school with a friend of mine and he started in the same ICU at the same time as me. The only difference between his orientation and mine was that he had the same preceptor all through his da...
  14. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    Well I don't mind ICU, I just mind the precepting and how things have went down so far. I''m open to other types of nursing, but not rehab... I did clinical rotations in rehab and I KNOW I would not be a good fit for that type of unit. We'll see.......
  15. New ICU Nurse- Preceptor Problems

    I remember once I came in to orient and just ended up taking over another nurses two patient's so she could go orient to the Rotoprone bed. My preceptor was also busy that night orienting other people to CRRT. So, I ended up doing my thing alone and...