Precepting...

[RN1982]

How long should someone work in a particular area before becoming a preceptor? What do you find most difficult about precepting? Do you feel your management backs you up as a preceptor? What do you tell your orientee to focus on with regards to their training?

[Christie RN2006]

two hours of experience?! surely this is a typo!

whoops... yes it is supposed to be 2 years. thats what happens when i try to write a post when i am really tired and i don't go back and proof it!!

[Christie RN2006]

what i find most difficult about precepting is keeping my hands in my pockets! it's so much easier to just step in and do it myself than watch someone struggling with new skills. yet if i do that, my orientee won't learn! so i'm trying to find a balance between "helping" and stepping back and letting them do it themselves.

i am having trouble with that right now... i am trying to learn to sit on my hands and keep my mouth shut unless it is something i need to step in on. also, i never realized how picky i was until i started precepting!

[RN1982]

I am having trouble with that right now... I am trying to learn to sit on my hands and keep my mouth shut unless it is something I need to step in on. Also, I never realized how picky I was until I started precepting!

Same here, I'm anal now being on my own. I will be anal when precepting.