Tranna32

I don't post here very often, but after 7 years of being a basic CNA, I got my advanced CNA and have recently started at a local hospital as a PCT on a telemetry floor. My first night of training was observation. The second night was a whole different ball game for me. The preceptor told me I needed to pick up my pace, delegated all these tasks to me, etc. It got to the point I was so overwhelmed and was in tears. The other PCT's had me go into the break room. Then my preceptor had given me "tough love" saying usually after the second day, you know if it's going to work or not, and it seemed like she was telling me it was not going to work. I don't know how it works in acute care, but what I remember as a basic CNA, it takes 90 days to figure that out. Well they let me take another breather. I don't know what happened but I think the nurses had a talk with her, because they told me something completely different and gave me much better advice. One of the nurses told me that it is overwhelming especially since I never worked in a hospital environment, I need to start out at my own pace with it being the second night before I get better, and they really want me on that floor. After that, the preceptor PCT was a lot better with training, and started saying everyone learns differently. I am used to LTC where it can take up to 90 days. This might sound dumb, but in acute care does anyone know after 2 days if its going to work out or not or does it take time like LTC?

Hi. I am a pre-nursing student at DMACC in central Iowa. I got my CNA back in 2009 and have been a full-time student at DMACC since Summer 2014. I already have most of my pre-requisites done except for chemistry, statistics, advanced CNA, plus TEAS. I will be taking chemistry, statistics, and nutrition next semester. The school I go to has a waitlist of up to 2 years but since they put in new pre-requisites, people have been able to get into the program a lot faster. Not only do I have most of my pre-nursing requisites done, but I have most of the nursing requisites out of the way too. Depending if I will have to wait, I will do microbiology next fall with sociology. I have decided if there is no waitlist, Since DMACC doesn't have nursing courses in the summer, I would rather take microbiology in the summer with no other classes instead of taking it with nursing courses. Has anyone ever taken microbio in the summer so they wouldn't have to take it with nursing courses?