Toby1225

All I can do is keep my nose to the grindstone and never leave my new preceptor's side. Right before I was called into her office I was told that the hospital was going to be going through a major renovation where all rooms would become private turning the hospital from a 600+ bed to a 400 inpatient bed hospital. But she hired three more nurses after me so I don't think that is the issue. It is very frustrating. If I made a med error wouldn't she inform me of this? I check each medication with a printed mar and a wow before I give ANY medication and take all the steps I need to to ensure PT safety. I guess only time will tell.

I am in my fourth week of orientation on the unit that I precepted on during school. I basically took the job to get a years experience and then move on into an area that I am very interested in. I haven't had any problems, and my preceptor is giving me great feed back and I am learning a lot. Today I get called into my Unit Directors office and told that she has heard from staff that I am not taking care of my patients and all I do is sit at the computer. I don't understand as I have never heard anyone complain or say anything to me, I answer call bells and help anyone who needs it, even if I am in the middle of charting or getting a discharge ready. She then said if I do not straighten out I will be let go at the end of my orientation. I'm blown away. i told the other nurses on the unit what she had said to me and they were all shocked as I am always helping and asking questions. I contacted my preceptor and she was shocked as well and had no idea what was going on. The UD changed my preceptor and said that I have to check in with the supervisor after every shift to see if I was up to snuff. I was not given any examples of these instances that she was speaking of and she is never on the unit to see what I am doing. I don't know what to do and I am off of orientation in two weeks. The only thing I can think of is wear one of the nursing tracker tags to prove when I am in a PT's room. I have a five pt ratio and round at least every hour whenever possible. I am at a loss of what to do and any suggestions would be appreciated! The UD also said that she was letting the educator know and her boss of what was going on, but I STILL don't understand what she is talking about! Please Help!

I worked in LTC and I felt the same way on the 3-11 with only 25 residents. I couldn't imagine doing the overnight. I know you hate to hear it, but the more you learn your residents, it will get easier. You will learn who always wants a PRN at 3am, and who refuses meds all the time. You will be able to budget your time better then, but it takes time to get there. Week 3, your still trying to learn the facility and how things are done, let alone the 40 residents that you are in charge of. It will get better, but there will always be bad nights where everything happens at once. You will get there, keep the faith!

GO BACK! It is totally normal to feel like you never went to nursing school when you are a brand new nurse at your first job. The first thing they said to the new nurses at my orientation is that you will hate working, and not feel like you know anything until you have been working for at least six months. I worked for five months and then the school that I went to PN school at started a bridge program and I was accepted. I now graduate in April and I cant wait! Don't wait to go back too long, because all the LPN's that I worked with that had been nurses for years said that they wished they had gone back, but got lazy and never went. Good Luck!! You can do it!

When I took the ATI predictor test, I score a 95% chance of passing the NCLEX. What I did was took the breakdown of my score that they provided, and any area that I scored below 70% I focused my studying on, and I passed NCLEX the first try with the minimal number of questions. Good Luck!!!