AmandaBSN

I am new to PHN and would absolutely appreciate any help. It is absolutely amazing the learning curve out there....any help is truly helpful in decreasing the anxiety/stress. Thanks everyone!

What is your "routine" for clinic? What did you find most challenging when you first started doing imminuzations? What tips, helpful hints can you pass onto someone new?

Unfortunately that is not an option.

Needing some help.... Recently I got hired into my dream job and have started orientating. After sorting through the job without direction (completely new to this area of nursing) I was given a mentor. She is a seasoned nurse with an amazing wealth of knowledge and experience. And while I have learned lots from her, I also have found myself dreading my experiences with her to the point of feeling physically ill/stressed. She is moody, incredibly judegmental and hypercritical....and the problem is that this is affect my working relationship with her. She cannot give even the slightest bit of positive feedback and only focusses on the negative. I realize I am new to the area but I have been a nurse for over 7 years and bring with me a vast array of knowledge and skills. I guess my question is this (there is more to this scenerio and I could bore you with the pages): How do you personally meet with conflict and adversity? I have thought of discussing it with her, however knowing a little bit more about her I believe that even the nicest of dialogue to discuss the issue would set her off and be detrimental. ALso, how do you turn something stressful into a positive where you don't dread going to work the next day? Thanks!

Thanks guys. I guess I am just really super nervous being that I have never worked in Perinatal nursing before. I get a better orientation than I would at another hospital that i had applied at, however, it is not to the degree that you guys have mentioned. I get 3 weeks of training which includes a few classroom experiences and a preceptorship of 8 shifts. I am glad that I get this, although it would have been nice to receive more. Starting something new is always scary. And it is hard being comfortable in one area of nursing and then moving into something where you know very little. I am excited so I hope I have good experiences at this new place. What was it like for you guys when you first started in perinatal nursing? And how did you manage to keep your nerves at bay and not run to get the best of you? How did you find feeling green and being asked questions or to do things you weren't familiar with?

WHat advice can you give a nurse starting out in L&D with no previous experience except through coursework? I have been a nurse for a number of yearsd but and really nervous and scared about my first shifts on my own. Is this normal? How are some ways to deal with the "anxiety"? Share some of your first shift experiences.......thanks.