doIhavetoRN

These are all things that you need to tell your preceptor. It's very possible that she just doesn't think you need as much help as you do. I recently stepped into the role of precepting on my unit and its actually a lot harder than I had imagined. It's difficult to know exactly where a new grad is at in their comfort level andknowledge because some new grads pick things up much more quickly than others. But I guarantee your preceptor doesn't know any of what you posted unless you tell her. And don't be afraid to ask for another week or two of training. If your unit refuses to give you the training you need to be successful, it can be a red flag. Our trainees get at least 8 weeks, sometimes 10. For the last two weeks of your training, your preceptor should essentially be sitting on her hands and letting you take the patient load. That way you can get a true sense of what it will be like on your own, but you'll have her there to help you or answer any questions.

It sounds like you're not too interested in bedside nursing, which makes wanting to go into CRNA school kind of silly because you need at least one year of critical care experience to even be considered for CRNA school. Working an office job wouldn't qualify you for graduate school. Also, there is no difference in major between getting an office job vs. job working the floor upon graduation, nursing school is nursing school and you decide where you want to go upon completing your board exam (the NCLEX). As far as the PA option goes, I don't believe going through nursing school first wouldn't give you any advantage over other students other than having patient care experience and being able to work a recent paying job through the PA program. But if you want to go the PA route, I'd say just go for that directly. I would recommend a less physically demanding job such as accounting like you mentioned, nursing can be a hard job on your body and if you're already feeling like your body is declining, you're going to be very limited on jobs in the nursing field that don't require a physical aspect of the job, and often those nice office jobs or management jobs are the ones that require some experience which you wouldn't have as a new grad. Just some food for thought.

I can't speak for your school, but I also attended nursing school in IL so I can share my experience with the IL BON, which ultimately is who grants your license. I had a misdemeanor as well when I was 17, shoplifting. I didn't do the stealing but my bag was used- all irrelevant anyway. I did 12 months of court supervision with a probation officer and went on my way, not thinking about the repercussions it could have on my future career. It never was an issue in the nursing program. I don't even think questions about criminal background other than felonies or abuse again the elderly were ever asked. When it came time to apply for NCLEX, there were questions about criminal charges. Not only convictions, but charges. I was honest because although I was adjudicated and never actually convicted since I did court supervision, it would've looked far worse if I answered 'no' and it looked to the BON like I tried to hide it. I submitted documentation that my court supervision was completed, got a letter of recommendation from my probation officer, and wrote a letter myself to the BON explaining the charge and how I had changed as a person from 17 to 23, etc. The letter written by myself was a recommendation by the director of my nursing program, I submitted it to her first and she said it looked good and I should submit it to the board with my application. I crossed my fingers, and got my ATT and later my license with no issues. Like I said, I can't speak for Chamberlain but be upfront with them to begin with. It would stink to start a program, spend all that money, then discover somewhere down the road you can't do a certain clinical or something because of the criminal charge. Also, (sorry for the long post) try to get your record expunged ASAP. You'll still have to disclose to the BON but won't have to disclose to future employers.