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Also, I was just having a coversation with my husband about how nurses have to be open minded and respect other peoples values, opinions, culture and background. I think I will add this to the list of goals to share with my preceptor. Everyone comes from a different background and while caring for them it is no one's right to judge. :)

Thank you for your post Miranda. I am going to talk with my instructor about the terminology that you stated. Many of the other students have not posted questions in "nursing forums" yet and I have advised them about our terminology. We have three to choose from and this one of those three. We are taught in our program to communicate with our patients the way you stated. I had not thought of that to include on my goals. Sometimes patients do not want to get out of bed to walk and we must use ways to encourage them to do so to prevent other issues they may have from staying in bed during their stay such as pneumonia or instead of doing therapy they are nervous to move affected limbs, etc. That is an aspect of nursing that I will continue to work on. Certain criteria at our hospital, especially when a patient is on medicaid, is to make sure they are meeting certain qualifications for discharge. This helps with cost efficient nursing, better care, and patient well being. I will definately keep this in mind during my last semester and career so that I am able to provide the best care possible to patients. As for the the nursing organizations and community service, I feel that the part we take as nursing students make a difference. The city I am currenty living in has over 70,000 people. I know many other cities have more but on the west coast there are not too many that do. We had a hostage situation at the beginning of the summer and ony 3 red cross volunteers showed up to assisted those that were escorted from the premisis. During this semester we are encouraging more people to become involved. I have those outlets you suggested. I played volleyball and softball throughout high school. I graduated in 2008 and am not sure how far back the experience they want with those types of activities on a resume. I still play community softball and our season just ended, but they do not offer volleyball in the area I am in currently. We have our week of welcome this week and today myself and other students manned our booth. We took turns going around to the other booths and realized it is dufficult to become a part of other school organizations and activities because of class and clinical. We have started 12 hour clinicals this semester and during out preceptorship we may have to work weekends and holidays that other organizations have activites for. But I see where you are talking about a stress outlet and will keep that in mind. Thank you for your response.

i am not defensive, i simply stated that this is what my program calls this part of our rotations. in the post before my last i even included a quote from my instructor. here is another. "please use this discussion forum to ask questions to myself or fellow students in the course, place announcements, etc. [color=#33cc00]enjoy your precepting! robyn" [color=#33cc00] [color=#33cc00]

I do understand that the nurse is the one mentoring and I am being mentored. I am not confused as to what I am suppose to be doing. I am being precepted by a preceptor, in our program, the class is specifically called precepting. I posted these questions for an assignment and combined them in the general nurses foum for my own interest and personal growth. In the original post I put in parentheses that I would be working one-on-one with a nurse. I know the program in the state I am doing my preceptorship, (being mentored one on one with a nurse without direct supervision of a clinical instuctor) calls it something different. I will take my discussion to another site where the focus is not taken away from my specific questions. I did not ask anyone what the difference betwen precepting, preceptor, preceptee, preceptorship, precepted or any other form of precept was. My question dealt with ideas for goals that professional nurses come to work with and about being apart of school and community organizations. Thanks to those that had serious replies. This assignement was to teach us how to network with other nurses and nursing students, not to be criticized on differing terminology.

The program I am is similar. During our first semester we lost about 8 people,second semester about 5. At the beginning of third semester LPNs and EMTs can transfer in. We also lost about 4 people that semester. Our program has higher than a 90% success rate. We also use ATI and have to pass. Those who do not pass have an opportunity to remediate.

"4th Semester students, I have posted the updated preceptor list, and updated the clinical rotations. Included on the preceptor list are the new phone numbers for St. Lukes for each unit . The new main number for the hospital is---------. At all agencies, there are limits on the number of students precepting on day shift. This is a first come, first served basis so please check the clinical rotation list for updates on which preceptors and which shifts have already been selected. For those precepting with the local agencies, please check with me about preceptor availability first before having agreements signed. Questions? Please email me." This is a quote from my instructor. Throughout fifty states, all nursing programs are different and call parts of their programs different things. I went with the terminology our program uses. Sorry is there is any confusion.

Thank you for your response AmandaRN. To clarify for others: I do not think all programs call this part of the program precepting. I will be precepting with a preceptor. For our state, the preceptor must be a licensed RN for 18 months and have undergone a preceptor training course. Laurie52 and Amanda.RN are correct. There is little contact with our instructor. She may or may not drop in during the time we are there. I will be out of state but my instructor may still travel to the facility I will be at. I will work 12 or 8 hour shifts depending on what my preceptor works, she will be the main person evaluating me during this time. I can work a maximum of three 12 hour shifts or four 8 hour shifts per week. I have goals set for myself, but our instructor suggests setting goals each day that we go so that our preceptor has an idea of what we would like to focus in on and to keep the line of communication open. I really enjoy the clinical aspect of school and have not had any problems thus far. I set goals for myself on a regular clinical basis. This part of my program is focusing on the transition into the professional role of a nurse so I am looking for goals that professional nurses go to work with each day. I do enjoy giving back to my community and being a part of it. I would continue doing so whether or not it is extremely important to employers. I am wondering if they take it as serious as the instructors of our program portray it to be with the competition of getting a nursing job after graduation.

Question 1: Hello, I am starting my final semester of my ADN program. During my first rotation (5 weeks) I will be precepting. As an assignment we were asked to join a nursing network site and ask two questions. I have decided to ask two that I really want to know to help me improve and motivate me as a nursing student and hopefully transition into the role of a professional nurse. Our teacher has suggested we go to our preceptor with goals for the day. I know I will have goals such as time management, prioritization, working on skills, etc. I am looking for other ideas of goals that will help me show my preceptor that I am motivated and that nursing is something I am compassionate about. I want to keep good communication and professional relationship with my preceptor. I will be precepting at a hospital I am hoping to be hired at following the completion of my NCLEX exam. In short my question is... What type of goals can I set for myself so that I will be able to have an optimal learning experience during my preceptorship (working one-on-one with a nurse) of 108 hours? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you! Question 2: I am very involved in my student nurses association. I have been a class rep for 3 of my four semesters. I am also the the state chair for breakthrough to nursing. I focus first on my school work, but if I am not doing that, I am putting hours in planning, organizing, fundraising and volunteering at events. Myself and 3 others were co-authors of a resolution passed at the NSNA convention. Our instructors have started putting a weight on our involvement outside the classroom. In my first semester it was required to do at least one volunteer activity and attend one meeting. They dropped those requirements because they had heard employers were looking for what students did outside of their regular program requirements. I have gone beyond my school organization and am now working on becoming a member of the Red Cross DAT team. Over the summer I attended an ethics training and suicide preventions course where I recieved 6 CEU's and a certificate. Nursing is my passion and I enjoy all the activities I have been involved in. Our program has put a hype on what we do outside the classroom. Will volunteering my time and being involved with the community help to stand out to future employers? Are employers looking for people that will represent their hospital (or other agency) for professional organizations? Are there other organizations we can become a part of as students to help us stand out to future employers now that they are looking more toward BSN degrees and also hiring less often? In general... Are employers taking interest in the organizations nursing students are involved in when considering hiring new graduates? Thank you for your response!

I have these posted in the nursing student forum, but I would like some perspective from those already in the nursing field. I copied and pasted my questions from two threads into this one. Question 1: Hello, I am starting my final semester of my ADN program. During my first rotation (5 weeks) I will be precepting. As an assignment we were asked to join a nursing network site and ask two questions. I have decided to ask two that I really want to know to help me improve and motivate me as a nursing student and hopefully transition into the role of a professional nurse. Our teacher has suggested we go to our preceptor with goals for the day. I know I will have goals such as time management, prioritization, working on skills, etc. I am looking for other ideas of goals that will help me show my preceptor that I am motivated and that nursing is something I am compassionate about. I want to keep good communication and professional relationship with my preceptor. I will be precepting at a hospital I am hoping to be hired at following the completion of my NCLEX exam. In short my question is... What type of goals can I set for myself so that I will be able to have an optimal learning experience during my preceptorship (working one-on-one with a nurse) of 108 hours? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you! Question 2: I am very involved in my student nurses association. I have been a class rep for 3 of my four semesters. I am also the the state chair for breakthrough to nursing. I focus first on my school work, but if I am not doing that, I am putting hours in planning, organizing, fundraising and volunteering at events. Myself and 3 others were co-authors of a resolution passed at the NSNA convention. Our instructors have started putting a weight on our involvement outside the classroom. In my first semester it was required to do at least one volunteer activity and attend one meeting. They dropped those requirements because they had heard employers were looking for what students did outside of their regular program requirements. I have gone beyond my school organization and am now working on becoming a member of the Red Cross DAT team. Over the summer I attended an ethics training and suicide preventions course where I recieved 6 CEU's and a certificate. Nursing is my passion and I enjoy all the activities I have been involved in. Our program has put a hype on what we do outside the classroom. Will volunteering my time and being involved with the community help to stand out to future employers? Are employers looking for people that will represent their hospital (or other agency) for professional organizations? Are there other organizations we can become a part of as students to help us stand out to future employers now that they are looking more toward BSN degrees and also hiring less often? In general... Are employers taking interest in the organizations nursing students are involved in when considering hiring new graduates? Thank you for your response!

I am in my last semester of my ADN program. I use this site often but we have been asked to do a networking assignment and ask our own questions. I have a previous post so if you read this, please take a moment to look at the other.:) I am very involved in my student nurses association. I have been a class rep for 3 of my four semesters. I am also the the state chair for breakthrough to nursing. I focus first on my school work, but if I am not doing that, I am putting hours in planning, organizing, fundraising and volunteering at events. Myself and 3 others were co-authors of a resolution passed at the NSNA convention. Our instructors have started putting a weight on our involvement outside the classroom. In my first semester it was required to do at least one volunteer activity and attend one meeting. They dropped those requirements because they had heard employers were looking for what students did outside of their regular program requirements. I have gone beyond my school organization and am now working on becoming a member of the Red Cross DAT team. Over the summer I attended an ethics training and suicide preventions course where I recieved 6 CEU's and a certificate. Nursing is my passion and I enjoy all the activities I have been involved in. Our program has put a hype on what we do outside the classroom. Will volunteering my time and being involved with the community help to stand out to future employers? Are employers looking for people that will represent their hospital (or other agency) for professional organizations? Are there other organizations we can become a part of as students to help us stand out to future employers now that they are looking more toward BSN degrees and also hiring less often? In general... Are employers taking interest in the organizations nursing students are involved in when considering hiring new graduates? Thank you for your response!