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Specializes in General.

May besome one can give me some advice. I started my second clinical last week with a new preceptor. It went well, we decided what days I would be there. To-day I go in and the preceptor tells me that over the 3 day weekend she had some personal problems come up and was not sure how many days she would be in clinic after she came back from vacation and would not be able to precept me or the other student that she had on days I was not there.. I asked her if it had anything to do with me she said no, that it was her. I called my school and they had already talked to the orginization and told me the same thing that she had told me that she was feeling overwhelmed at this point. They are trying to find me another preceptor though. I am hoping that this person was being honest with me and that if she had a problem with me that she would have addressed any concerns that she had. Any thoughts anyone

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it doesn't sound like it was you. like she said, she had personal problems that came up over the weekend, hopefully things will go better with your new preceptor, so stop being a worry wart

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Nursing Education.

you'd rather this happen to you now than have the preceptor come back and act all crazy go nuts on you. even if it was a personality conflict (which i highly doubt) i think that this is the best time to get out. i think that she probably was just overwhelmed.

trust me - it HAS happened before to people that preceptors have acted crazy or treated students unfairly. and stress can make people do that (no excuse, but still). i had a preceptor who was mean as a snake my last semester of school, and i know it was her and not me. was it stress? i don't know, i think she was just a bad person who liked to cause drama. but i truely think that as a person who has taught nursing students in the clinical setting for a while, that stress can make it a lot harder for me to be what i need to be for my students. i am sure the same thing happens in the APN setting.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Precepting takes a great deal of time and effort not to mention it does slow you down. I would just chalk it up to "oh well, these things happen" and go on. Best wishes in school.

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Specializes in General.

thanks everyone, I am just going to move on, a friend who also had this person as a preceptor told me although she is very smart, very devoted she is emotionally fragile and does not deal with stress well. Oh well

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Specializes in ACNP-BC.

I don't think it is you. Sometimes I think people say they can precept, and then end up with too much on their plate, and then they feel overwhelmed. Were you able to find another preceptor? I know how that feels to not have one all of a sudden. I just graduated from my NP program in June, but around April, my preceptor suddenly got sick (she never told me what happened exactly) and I missed sooooo many days of clinical and fell behind, but then I scrambled around last minute and managed to make up my clinical hours last minute. Hopefully your school professors can help you find another preceptor. Good luck.

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Specializes in General.

i know that she had me an another student. she has precepted before, so I dont know what is going on. evidently no one else in the clinic knew anything because when I left today they all said see you later this week, when I thanked my preceptor for the 2 days I spent with her she said Im really sorry but could not look me in the face when she said it. I dont know what to think, I do know she said it had nothing to do with me, and I believe her, I would think that if she had a problem with me she would have said so

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Specializes in ACNP-BC.

Who really knows what was going on in her life. I wouldn't worry about it. The best thing to do is to focus on you and figuring out where to do your clinical and with which new preceptor. Good luck with everything. :)

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Specializes in General.

oh by the way congrats on your new status i too will be there , i dont care what it takes, i already talked to my dh and he said if it means quitting work doing clinicals 40 hrs a week to graduate do it. i lost hours this summer my uncle died in may my sister died at age 46 one month later then one month later my mother in law passed away.which was a real emotional strain on me i almost thought i was losing my mind. of course i live in the midwest they all live on the east coast. oh blessed are the cracked for they let in the light,

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Specializes in ACNP-BC.

I'm sorry you are going through so much right now. Very sorry about the losses in your family. You seem very ambitious and dedicated, I bet you will do just fine in school! :) When do you graduate? Which type of NP program are you in?

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Specializes in General.

pnp program graduate may 09, cant wait, I made it through my first clinical had to take a I due to the family stuff but finished with great evals from preceptor and faculty. I am doing well in school only 400 more hours of clinical and a thesis away.thanks for the encouragement

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update, just as we suspected she did not want a student this semester but felt she was forced into it

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