Preceptor conflict

[10yearnurse]

Hello All,

My pediatric preceptor apparently has some issues with me and now I am under academic review in my FNP program, only 7 months away from graduation. She said i was unprofessional, threw temper tantrums in the office, that I falsified clinical hours because I did not deduct my lunch hour (I work through lunch), and that I falsified the social history on a SOAP note that she signed off on. My online instructor was outraged and bought everything she said. I am beside myself because I thought we were getting along well and had no idea she felt this way about me. She never said anything to me regarding these complaints. We even text eachother the night before she made these complaints about me picking up some extra hours. Has anyone experienced or heard of an issue like this occurring?

[BostonFNP, APRN]

Hello All,

My pediatric preceptor apparently has some issues with me and now I am under academic review in my FNP program, only 7 months away from graduation. She said i was unprofessional, threw temper tantrums in the office, that I falsified clinical hours because I did not deduct my lunch hour (I work through lunch), and that I falsified the social history on a SOAP note that she signed off on. My online instructor was outraged and bought everything she said. I am beside myself because I thought we were getting along well and had no idea she felt this way about me. She never said anything to me regarding these complaints. We even text eachother the night before she made these complaints about me picking up some extra hours. Has anyone experienced or heard of an issue like this occurring?

This isn't a good situation for you and I don't think there is much you can do about it other than to wait for the academic review.

Is there any validity to these claims? It seems like an abrupt-face for the preceptor which in my experience only happens after a preceptor either gets wind of a problem with the students performance (i.e. student has been "faking" findings, falsifying charts, plagiarizing, gross negligence, etc) or there is a clear event that happens (i.e. an unprofessional disagreement with a patient/family member or staff). The preceptors complaints in this case mirror those concerns and they are oddly specific to be "made up". Was there a problem in the office that might have been viewed as a tantrum? Did you fudge the social history on a patient?

I only ask because if there is some validity to these complaints, they will be evident in the investigation and you may want to get ahead of them.