JLynMiles

Have you tried just telling her how you feel about the situation (without sounding like you are accusing her of treating you badly or being a bad preceptor of course)? You could try saying something like "I really appreciate that you are taking the time to precept me and I would like to make the most of the time I have with you before I am on my own. I know each person has a specific way in which they learn best. I learn best by (example: reviewing what I need to do before going into a patient's room and being allowed to perform patient care then discussing privately what could have been done differently/things I need to improve on). I am not trying to say you are doing anything wrong in the way you precept, I just want to see if we can try things a little differently so that I can learn as much as possible from you before I am on my own. I hope I haven't offended you because I think you really know your stuff and I could really learn a lot from you." I don't know if that would fit your situation but coming up with something like that might be worth a try. If you feel like you can't talk to her, you could always write her a note. Anyway, it's just a suggestion.

I have had drug screens at two different facilities. I disclosed all medications both times. The first one came back positive for Restoril and I have NEVER EVER taken Restoril before. I had recently taken a one time dose of Valium due to a terrible muscle spasm that prevented me from moving my neck for a couple of days before the doctor saw me. However,he prescribed to me after seeing how bad my neck was and I took the bottle to show them. They still didn't hire me because of it. I think there was just an error in the drug screen because Valium and Restoril are only different by one oxygen molecule. They wouldn't even consider that a mistake could have been made and I decided that I wouldn't want to work for a hospital that wouldn't consider a possible mistake and look into the matter further. At the next hospital I went to, I again disclosed all medications and explained what had happened with my previous drug screen because I was due to have an MRI that week and they were going to give me Valium again. The hospital worked with me and allowed me to come in right away for a drug screen before my MRI "just in case" so there wouldn't be a possible mistake like before. I did end up getting that job. I would advise being honest and any place worth working for will be flexible and understanding of your situation.

It will get better. Can you go to your supervisor, explain the situation, and request a new preceptor? I lasted all of half a day with my first preceptor before we were both asking that I be reassigned to someone else. I was reassigned and it was a much better personality fit. However, my preceptor was very easily stressed out and not very organized so, I learned a lot by being the one to keep up with what needed to be done. It really helped me with my organization and prioritizing skills. I was also very comfortable with being able to ask her questions and admit when I didn't know how to do something. I would suggest asking if you could precept with someone else. If you can't, try to hang in there. It eventually does get better. However, you may not realize this until you observe another new nurse during his/her orientation and then you will realize just how far you have come and how much you have learned. Good luck!

i passed!!!!!!!:balloons::balloons:

i took it this morning and mine shut off at 75. i felt so sick. i can honestly say that it was the first time in my life that i wanted more test questions. i made a mark on the eraser board for all of the questions that i didn't have a clue about. when i was done, i counted 50. the others i wasn't sure about but could at least make a logical guess. i also marked how many "select all that apply" questions i had. i had one calculation problem but i had 12 select all that apply questions. i can't even remember the rest. i do know that i missed a couple of easy questions that i shouldn't have missed. i had several med questions and while i didn't know all of the meds, i could figure out the class of drug and answer based on that. i only feel confident in about 5 or 6 or my answers. i'm still wondering where the rest of the questions came from. they might as well have been written in another language! i don't see how i could have passed it because i had to guess on so many of them.

I am a new grad also but would like to mention something important about meds from my own experiences. ALWAYS CHECK ALLERGIES!!!! I have an anaphylactic reaction to Hydrocodone and every time I have been to the hospital, they have tried to give it to me. The last time, they went so far as to hand them to me and tell me to take them. When I asked what the pills were and the nurse told me, I asked her three times if she was sure she wanted me to take them. She said she was sure so, I told her that it might be a good idea for her to look at the bright red wrist band I was wearing. She looked at it and said "Vicodin isn't on there". I had to tell her that Vicodin contains Hydrocodone which is on there. So, please check allergies and please check the content of medications if you aren't familiar with them. Good luck!!!