violet_2

Hi All! I'm am currently in my first clinical on an IMC unit and let me tell you I. am. struggling. I'm a very shy and reserved person and I feel like that is affecting my clinical experience. My preceptor hasn't given me very many chances to interact with a patient on my own and she always does the assessment before I get the chance. My clinical instructor has emailed me telling me that I need to be more active during clinical but I'm not sure how if my preceptor is doing everything. She basically "assigns" me a patient for me to do my paperwork on and lets me draw up meds or prepare meds but other than that I'm just following her around and watching. I'm also so nervous that whenever she asks me questions I freeze and forget everything that I know. It's gotten to the point where I am questioning whether or not I'm in the right profession. I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place but I'm really just looking for some helpful advice. Thank you!