82Angie

Thank you all for your suggestions. I have tried talking to my preceptor but perhaps she is not understanding the intended message. I am humble about it and non confrontational. I will ask her what she thinks I need to improve upon. Maybe that will give me some insight as to what she is thinking and allow her to reflect on the question. I love being a nurse but have never felt so useless. I will keep you up to date.

I am a new nurse who is working on a cardiac step down unit. My preceptor is nice but doesn't explain much. I do ask her lots of questions but am told that we will get to it later and it never happens, and I do remind her. She doesn't let me do much either. I wouldn't mind observing her if she would take the time to explain things. I have worked a few weeks with her and have not so much as started an IV, put in a catheter, or given IV meds. I feel like I don't have a chance. I come prepared, look up meds, and let her know that I have verified the doses and pull up the IV meds for her. Then she says thanks and gives them herself. She will tell me that I can have my own patient but it never happens, even when I take the initiative. I don't know what to do. I have SO much that I need to learn but it's not happening. Does anyone have any advice? I don't want to go to my manager. We all know that will only make things worse. My preceptor is nice and a good nurse but I wish she had a little faith in me..... I don't want to step on her toes either.

Thank you and good luck to you! My advice is to do LOTS of practice question and only review content if you know you have a weakness in an area.

:yeah:Just found out that I passed. Thank you Jesus!!! By the way, the PVT worked. :yeah:

I just tried to re-register and it wouldn't let me. I pray to God that means that I passed. One more day to go... Oh the dread...

What is that?

Thank you for the words of encouragement. One more day until I find out. I am so nervous.

I took the NCLEX this morning and it shut off at 75 questions. I thought that this is traditionally a reassuring sign, but I left feeling like I did extremely bad. I looked up some questions that I remembered and realized that I answered several questions incorrectly. I make good grades and I took two predictors and scored >99% probability of passing, but feel that the predictor is incorrect. Has anyone else had this issue? I should find out if I passed in two days. Everyone keeps reassuring me that I did, but I truly believe that there is no way possible that I passed:( I am so bummed out.