Last week on preceptorship

[Alexx_xox]

So, this week coming up will be my last week on preceptorship. I am soooo nervous to be alone, which I am sure everyone is at first.

With that being said, I decided to jump on here and ask some of you for advice.

Is there anything I should FOR SURE try to see or get done this week? It's my last one, so I'd like to make it super beneficial and touch on all last minute things.

Im in the ER, so if you happen to be in the ED tell me what might be helpful for me to see or do this last week.

Thank you so much guys

[Susie2310]

yes, in the beginning we received all of our certificates to knock them out of the way. I have loved my preceptorship but along with many other new grads, I truly wish it was a couple weeks longer

Alexx, how was your preceptorship structured? I'm not asking about the certificates; I know about those. How did your preceptorship progress over the weeks - what did you learn each week? What care have you provided to patients and what procedures have you performed during your preceptorship? You are asking for people to give you advice about what you should see or do during your last week of preceptorship; in order to do that I am asking you about what you have already learned. So, what have you learned during your preceptorship? What did you do during your preceptorship? Saying you loved your preceptorship tells me nothing about what you learned. Please don't give a canned reply that you loved your preceptorship. If you want genuine answers you need to be genuine too.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Moved to ED nursing

[phantasybm]

I am very curious to learn more about your ED experience. I will be starting in the ED shortly and would love some tips. Even though I have been on all nurses since '08 it won't let me PM you because I haven't personally made 15 posts though I have responded to a bunch. If you wouldn't mind PM'ing me or answering on here.

Just looking for tips of what to study, what helped you get going, how you dealt with feeling like you knew nothing, is there anything they gave you or suggested you do to get up to speed etc.

[JadedCPN, BSN, RN]

How is that relevant?

Because it applies to professionalism, discretion, and social media policies that many workplaces have in place. Those are all important especially in an ER setting where you may be more likely to encounter disgruntled or unstable patients/families who get your first and last name and decide to go down the Internet rabbit hole.

Without knowing exactly what your preceptorship has been like up to this point, my advice regarding your last week is to pretend like your preceptor is your charge nurse and you are doing everything on your own. Sometimes new nurses tend to use their preceptor as a crutch because they know their preceptor is there, so that transition from having a preceptor one day to not having one the next can feel like a huge step.