That's how i'm feeling with this preceptor, she does things for me while explaining them but I don't really get the chance to do it myself, and I know I have to be able to do things on my own. I've asked her, but she just says she'll explain it later...
They warn me about everything tink, from charting to IVs to how to position the babies. I've just been asking before I do things to make sure I'm right before I go ahead and do it, especially with meds, triple check those all the time. My preceptor d...
More than one nurse has told me I can't make mistakes, so if they were trying to scare me it worked, I check things so many times they get annoyed by it, but I want to be sure
Thanks for letting me know about the messaging. and tinker bell, thanks for the advice! I've had nurses look at me like in crazy and why don't you know this? And that's frustrating bc I'm trying to learn as fast as I can and remember every little thi...
Hey I would love to vent privately but I'm unable to use this sites messaging, if you want we could find another way , is like to hear your experience and compare
This helped me sort through all I'm going through! I do keep a pocket notebook and it's so handy :) I try to keep myself on track with writing times down and what I have to do. My preceptor is a big part of my problem, I followed someone different ar...
NICURNgrad replied to notsosupernurse's topic in NICU
I'm getting the hang of the every 3 hours routine, have my own daily "brain" that keeps me straight on everything I need to do that day, my preceptor tends to just toss me on my own and disappear. That's not hard to handle with the "feeder/grower" ba...
NICURNgrad replied to ashleynicole0590's topic in NICU
first, congrats! I just started in the NICU as well and I have the same feeling! Most of the staff is hard to go to because they always talk to each other and act like i'm not even there. My preceptor does that at times as well, and sometimes I feel ...
Congrats! I just started in the NICU myself! it's my dream job as well! I'm a few weeks in to orientation and I'm still scared and nervous and overwhelmed, how do you get past that feeling??? I'm always asking questions but still nervous and the staf...
NICURNgrad replied to notsosupernurse's topic in NICU
I just started in the NICU in February and i'm still trying to get the hang of the "daily routine". How to you balance trying to learn what you're supposed to be doing and working with a preceptor who isn't always understanding about you not knowing ...
I'm about halfway through my NICU orientation and I'm not having a great time with it. It took a lot to get this position (long story) and I don't want to lose it by my management thinking it's "not a good fit". I've never worked NICU or any icu bef...