Mistakes I Made While Being Precepted
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- Join me as I discuss mistakes I made being precepted. Learn what mistakes I made being precepted and how now to make the same mistakes.
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Everyone is not blessed with the gift of teaching. It takes patience, empathy and compassion. I am glad I came across this piece.
I am in tears as I listen to the other nurse experience. I had a very difficult experience when transitioning from preventive care to acute care. Its like you were in my head. I had such a bad experience that it made me feel awful about myself. Never recognizing that I was good nurse after all. The way I paid it forward was been compassionate with new nurses
Wow, thanks for sharing! I'm so, so glad this resonated and you're paying it forward. This is how we chance things!
Sofia I’m exactly in your shoes right now and listening to this video and feeling that other people relate is so relieving
I hear you!!! no one is perfect, if others can, we can do it too right? so don't feel bad coz i am also experiencing it now. It's hard but God is good.
I have had absolutely nothing but the worst preceptors for the single reason that I have ADHD. I’m to the point of such frustration that I was beginning to seriously doubt my abilities as a nurse. But what I have actually come to realize that it’s not so much that I am the one who should be doubted, it’s the fact that I have literally never found anyone willing to teach me. I just need one chance! So I’m submitting a letter of accommodation request up front from my future employer to get me additional training time that I will need to be able to get up to speed as it takes me ever so much longer to learn than most people. I think working with in my own limitations is the only way that this will being a floor nurse will ever work for me. If not I either end up getting let go or I have to quit the job because I don’t learn fast enough. That’s seriously discrimination! I agree we need good preceptors!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry to hear you're having this experience, but glad you're taking some steps to get what you need to succeed!
How long was your training if I may ask ?
I can relate to your experience so much. Like you, I also have ADHD and dyslexia, which make tasks like reading and writing more time-consuming for me. I secured a role in a telemetry/stroke MedSurg unit through a nurse residency program, only to be paired with a preceptor who was more focused on clocking out on time than mentoring me. For about two months, I was under the impression that handling minor tasks was the norm, thanks to her guidance 🤨
When it came time for my evaluation, I was ambushed with a meeting involving my nurse educator, unit manager, and preceptor. They expressed concerns about my pace. Considering I had devoted a decade to this hospital as a PCT, I found it disheartening that they seemed ready to usher me out. However, once I communicated my learning disabilities, the tune changed. I was moved to a slower-paced unit where I received the time and guidance I needed to flourish. I've not only met but exceeded my own expectations and feel immensely proud.
We've all successfully completed nursing school and board exams; don't let anyone, including yourself, doubt your capabilities as a registered nurse. You're exactly where you should be.
ADHD girlie over here. Definitely made things harder!
@Mister_MasterzRN what unit were you moved to...I have some health concerns and may benefit from a slower paced unit
@33:00 this part is so true and what sets real teachers appart. Teachers enjoy seeing all learn and its never a burden.
Thanks so much...I ama second career nurse just graduated in my late 40s and got my License at 50...I am in pretty good shape and super hard working but I have the oppositeproblem: now I am super scared and I was just hired in critical care and will be starting my orientation in 2 weeks. I hope I can do it
Love love love this!! I’m a new RN and I’m changing from being a LPN from LTC and I’m so glad I stumbled across this video. I don’t know want to go into the hospital looking like a “know it all” or a ding dong. lol! But this video helped me put into perspective of how I need to conduct myself around a person that ultimately can make or break me! Thank you ladies so much! Awesome 🎉
I agree 100% preceptor can make the future of preceptee
This hits home. Thank you both for sharing your journey. 😊
I really enjoyed listening to this discussion. Thank you for talking about this important issues.
How insightful! Thank you for this.
Was LPN 15yr RN for 2. New to hospital. My preceptor gave me all 7 patients and said I want you to know how it feels when you get on the floor. I didn't get any real training. Then she went and did who knows what. I've been in tears every day I work. Noone is friendly. I signed a 2yr contract and am devastated. Miss LTC. I am so lost with no help.
I hope it has gotten better 🥺 so sorry you are going through that
I'm so sorry. I hope you're doing better ):
Are you able to touch base with management to let them know that you need more support? I'm sure they have no idea. I highly encourage you to advocate for yourself to ensure you get the training you need to be successful in the role!
How many patients did you get for long term care?
Did you enjoy long term care settings/coworkers more than hospital Then?
I received one good preceptor so far. He even adjusted his schedule to mines and asked me to do concept maps. I’ve also had bad preceptors who were not motivated, had a negative tone about almost everything I did, impatient, and concerned about preceptor pay.
I'm coming to the end of orientation and have had great preceptors. I like that I get to work with different preceptors (four so far). Although, it does get a bit confusing (maybe a little irritating) when they all have a certain way of doing something and will correct me as if I've done it wrong. Overall, I'm really happy with the experience! 🙂
So my mother is an rt and became a traveling employee right before covid. I'm on your channel because I've been considering finishing my degree and going into the health profession. I recently just stepped down from being a team lead at walmart. I enjoyed my role very much because training associates and changing the atmosphere from the ground is an amazing experience. The role is not rewarded nearly enough to do it this way though
It's a great field to join and you've got awesome experience to put on a resume whenever you complete the degree!
We are social beings & naturally want to create of some type of a community. It's a survival thing and also emotionally comforting. I don't know why would anybody want to bully another nurse or give them a hard time. Didn't they come in to the field of Nursing to CARE for another being? How hard is that to apply that to your colleague as well?
agree!
I like knowing your experiences .
I really do find your channel here to be an absolute goldmine as an aussie soon-to-be-grad, but I was just wondering what the song is at the end? lol
"Keep My Cool" by Benji Heard :-)
My orientation was a sucky experience, especially when I requested to be transferred to my preferred unit. The first one had no time to really train me properly, I had to be on top of her to help me. The second one was really mean to me. If I asked her a question she would ask me back my question with an attitude.
Wish I watched this before it went down the pit. New grad and my manager wants me gone because i’m too slow with med pass. Preceptor does things against the book, lied to my face and stabbed me in the back. The other nurses are so mean , a lot of hate and bullying. 200k in student loans becoming a nurse was a terrible disgusting awful decision, I feel like hopping a spaceship to another planet.
I'm so sorry to hear this. Remember, you don't have to work in a hospital - that degree is valuable! You can do a clinic, outpatient dialysis, home health, home hospice, school nursing, community nursing, telehealth, insurance companies... heck, you could even been a freelance medical writer on Upwork! It sounds like that unit wasn't a good place to be, but I promise there are other fulfilling ways you can maximize your degree and expertise while paying down debt.
My preceptor was great!!! She even let me miss days😮
Love how they compliment each other and the transparency they bring 🤍🤍
Great content. Pls I watched your previous video you were teaching us how to cope in the iCu . Pls I intend to work in the med Surg iCu . I need to brush more . Is there online course and certification or website or books that you can recommend . Thank you.
Hi there! Yes, I've got a lot of ICU resources here: www.freshrn.com/critical-care-icu-nursing/
Some co-workers are people with not feelings, are called psychopaths
Sigh. Just becoming a nurse is mental abuse. There absolutely ought to be more emphasis and standards on our healthcare staff and their ability to be kind, be a good communicator, be invested in your success, rather than be free to be a f'ing asshole. My preceptor in nursing school ruined my ability to be hired onto the unit that had been ready to hire me for months. Ruined my interest in working for that hospital system after they made up crap about me and all the higher ups believed it and treated me like I was the problem. When it was my preceptor and her stupid CNA friends who acted like complete assholes towards me. What a shitshow. Makes me angry all over again. I can't even listen to these things without my frustration about nursing rising to the surface.
I look forward to being a preceptor in order to make a positive impact on new nurses. "Hospitals don't know how expensive it is to have crappy preceptors." Hello. Hello. My guess is even in nursing school, where I work at the moment, 8 out of 10 nursing students don't seem to have the kindness and courtesy that you would want to see in a human being. 2 out of 10 show you the kind of humanity you want to elevate, while the other 8 are passing but are only kind to their clique of friends. I don't know. I don't understand them.
Nursing is a very cliquey field, and it's quite frustrating. It's also disheartening when preceptors really kill your confidence. I'm so sorry you had that experience! Hoping there's a nursing unit out there for you to thrive in!
Can any one help me how to get a good preceptor
We made a course just for this: courses.freshrn.com/p/preceptor-pro
I also have a few podcast episodes on precepting: FreshRN.com/podcast
How do i get a good preceptor when i start work.
It will be up to your manager to assign your preceptor, so often there isn't much you can do to select a great one. You'll have to go with what's assigned to you and see how it goes from there!
How long do you get precepted for
It depends on the complexity of the patients (ICU nurses tend to get longer orientation periods than med-surg or clinic nurses) and the hospital. Generally speaking, we're talking 3-4 months of three 12-hr shifts/week. If you are in a subspecialty (like a specific OR, labor and delivery, CVOR, or something like that) it might be longer. If your hospital is lacking resources and preceptors, it might be shorter. I've heard of as short as 8 weeks, which IMHO, is way too short.
Thanks momma bird.
Didn't realize this was 50 mins lololol was trying to squeeze it in while squeezing one out.
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Accountability and women.. don't mix. Have you seen the same experiences with men in nursing or gay persons? (They tend to behave each differently) just curious.
Accountability depends on an individual's personality, not one's sex or sexual preference. I've seen many heterosexual men who avoid accountability at all costs, and many who do not fit that categorization as highly accountable.
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I love your versatile personalities and other matters of interest other than "just" nursing. Thanks♌🐆😎🌇🩺