Dualli

Hi,I am also a new graduate just starting my fifth week as an "official hospital working" RN. I am extremely lucky because my preceptor is incredible. She explains everything to me and never gets impatient when I ask the same questions over and over. It takes more than doing a skill one time to get the concept of it and she understands that. She has never made me feel stupid even though I've made a few dumb mistakes in last 5 weeks. Nothing detrimental to the patients, but I think mistakes are inevitable while learning so many new things at once. This nurse was not my original preceptor. My first two weeks were spent with a nurse who graduated about two years ago. She is also a good nurse, but talks about every other nurse on the unit behind their back. It was driving me crazy. After two weeks, I asked my manager if I could change my shedule during orientation. I gave some lame excuse about child care. She said it wasn't a problem and put me on with the nurse I'm with now. An angel must have been looking out for me. I look forward to going to my new job each day. I know I'm going to continuing learning so much from this great person. She is an awesome mentor and at the same time, totally dedicated to her patients. I wish I could clone her and send her to all new nurses!!! Good luck to you, April