New grad, need tips..

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Hello,

I am a new grad RN, will be starting this 12 week mentorship program in nursing resource team (float, but told mostly in medicine, surgery unit). I will be preceptored for 12 weeks. I am excited but VERY anxious and scared. I have never worked in a medicine floor before, my clinicals were mostly in palliative and rehab unit so I am very sure the learning curve will be big. Any tips for a new grad? Like on organization, time management, dos and don'ts before I start my position in a month?

TIA

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Specializes in Telemetry Med/Surg.

Ask a lot of questions... ask a lot of "why" questions. For example, you may have an order to insert a Foley catheter but you need to know why you're inserting it. That will help develop your critical thinking. And write everything down. Some preceptors don't like to repeat themselves. There's a journal my orientee is using that has some good tips in it.  I'll ask where she got it. 

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MJJFan1 said:

Ask a lot of questions... ask a lot of "why" questions. For example, you may have an order to insert a Foley catheter but you need to know why you're inserting it. That will help develop your critical thinking. And write everything down. Some preceptors don't like to repeat themselves. There's a journal my orientee is using that has some good tips in it.  I'll ask where she got it. 

Thank you! I'll get a mini notebook and yes please, I would really appreciate it.

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Toaster2k18 said:

Thank you! I'll get a mini notebook and yes please, I would really appreciate it.

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