I'm not yet to the halfway point in my summer preceptorship, but I feel like I've had my "a-ha!" moment this week.
I had my first day with my secondary preceptor, and I LOVED working with her. She has tons of labor and delivery experience, teaches a class for childbirth educators, and worked as a doula for 11 years. We have very similar philosophies about the role of a labor and delivery nurse. And, she's incredibly supportive of students. I think, for the first time, I didn't feel like I was a burden to the unit.
I also had the chance to do my first independent delivery with Ashley, my primary preceptor. She took on the role of the baby nurse, and I helped the mom with the delivery. I couldn't believe it -- early on, I was helping the mom push and I was the only health care provider in the room! Not only that... it was all in Spanish. It went a little something like this:
"Uno, dose, tres...fuerte fuerte fuerte! Bien! Bien! Mas!"
I still have so much to learn, but I really feel like I'm starting to put all of the little pieces together and thinking of the "big picture" rather than the tasks that surround nursing care.
I love it. I love it, I love it, I love it.
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yay Robin! glad to hear you're having so much fun and doing so well!! like seriously, you're glowing in your posts and they're so much fun to read! :)
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