No matter how many times I say the words "I'm almost done" it still doesn't feel real. I apologize for the lack of updates but I've been super busy with clinicals. In my last post I alluded to running into some trouble with a preceptor. That experience caused me a great deal of stress and embarrassment. I looked like a complete idiot in front of the nurses and to be quite honest, I was ready to throw in the towel. My biggest challenge has been that I don't have previous L&D experience. No matter what I've done birth related, I know now that some prior experience might be important if you want to breeze through clinicals. I thought I would get in and out in 16 weeks but as it turned out, there was a lot of information that I didn't know. So here I am, nearly 18 weeks into clinical. I really had to buckle down and throw my plan out the window and create a new one. After that incident, I've been making more of an effort to review the material I knew and learn the material I didn't.
So far its paying off. I've been deemed safe enough to care for patients in an office setting and my last day was last Monday. And starting tomorrow I'm putting my full focus into L&D. I'll also be with my main preceptor this week so I really want to prove to her over the next few days that I can practice on my own. With only a few more babies to go and a little over 100 hours, I really need to prove myself so I can be done with this stage. With that said, any and all good wishes/vibes are appreciated.
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