Not all older nurses eat their young...

I agree. I love teaching my students, and they know it. I have kept every thank you note they have written to me to treasure.

What a great statement -- and SO true.

Perhaps some nurses don't take themselves or anything else, seriously enough to consider a thought like this. Perhaps they don't realize the "legacy" they leave others when they are less than charitable towards a new nurse.

Well, you are so lucky that you have good experience, unfortunately for me my preceptor is self proclaimed princess. I am a new nurse and I made a mistake I spoke up. My preceptor accused me that I did not tell her about new order, not only I told her but also I told another nurse. When she insisted that I did not tell her, I said that I absolutely sure that I told her and that she is wrong. The other nurse stood there and did not say a word. Since then she makes me regret that I choose to be a nurse every shift. She belittles me and makes me feel hopeless and stupid. On my evaluation she did not even listen and when manager ask her a question she asks to repeat, that she is so tired and did not listen, meaning that she did not only her job, but also mine. I thought that is arrogant and rude. During my 12 hours shift I never take a break even to eat, except bathroom break. Once I told her that I cannot hold anymore she and her friend nurse told me "what would you do if you have nine patients". At the beginning there were 8 of us new nurses, 3 already left after 8 weeks of work. One told her preceptor which is the friend of my preceptor that she is leaving because of her and that she was rude to her. Now I feel like a target. My preceptor tells all the time we are a team, but she never said anything good about any one without but... I remember how I was excited when I was hired, could not wait to go to work now I started to hate my job.

Your preceptor - and I use the word loosely, is not a preceptor. She would be fired immediately from where I work. That kind of behavior should've never happened, because her manager should have never let her be in a position to work with any new employees. If you decide to leave, be sure to ask for an exit interview, and be very specific with the issues you had with her.
Then, leave. There are too many places out there you can work and be happy to put up with what you are describing.
Take care

Glad u had a good experience.