Preceptorship Problem...

Just because you have children in your care doesn't mean you're a parent, in the charge nurse's defense. However, that doesn't matter since you're there to learn how to provide nursing care to peds... not how to become their mother.

Opportunities are what you make them in many instances. You claim that "overnights have fewer teaching opportunities." There are enough opportunities during evening hours.

In my opinion, if you are miserable there, try to find a replacement preceptor elsewhere and/or during a different time. If, however, you were, in fact, learning and you liked your original preceptor, perhaps you should just endure it. Maybe you won't give her a headache the next time (jk).

It was just one night it might get better how times have you done something one time and you were like im not going back but you do and you find out you really like it

I would stick with it. Not only will you get the learning opportunities you didn't think you would you will learn how to handle less than friendly co workers.

Also, you won't always have the crochety charge nurse as your preceptor....

Jessica, I hadn't thought of that at all - learning to get along with unfriendly coworkers. I was nervous and tired and I'm sure that played into my negative perception. One thing I am struggling with is time management and a benefit to overnights I had not thought of is that cares *are* less, and it may help me bridge the gap more easily between clinicals and working as an RN. Thanks!