ej524rn

Don't get discouraged. You're lucky to have been assigned a new preceptor. I'm not sure why some commenters expect that you will have the skills and knowledge of a seasoned nurse so early on. It doesn't matter that it's only one patient. Guidance is crucial. We continue to learn new things on the job each day. To be guided by someone with compassion (willing to share their knowledge) in the early stages of our careers is invaluable. Source: 5 years in, also had a **** preceptor.

It seems like we, as nurses, continue to absorb the jobs of anyone unwilling to do theirs. I feel like each day I am forced into absorbing the jobs of unit secretaries, CNAs, and dietary. I have plenty of things to do within my own scope. I work rehab, and often hear PTs and OTs returning pts. to their rooms saying, "Just call your nurse." Regardless of what the pt. wanted at that point. Did they wish to be returned to bed? Who cares? The RN has an endless amt. of time....

I wish I could tell my CNAs and phlebotomists to clock out and go home. They are quite often surly and crass. In reality, I'm not really sure how they are able to hold a job. I work for a major health system in SE PA, and am continually amazed at the behavior that is tolerated. I have CNAs disappear for hours, phlebotomists voicing their distaste for their jobs repeatedly, while I run around for 14 hours without a break. I'm not really sure what the phlebotomists would be doing, were I to draw labs. I leave work frustrated and discouraged often. I've taken to documenting the behavior of my subordinates regularly, I guess stockpiling for the day when I really can't take it anymore.