Registered Nurse Transition

The transition from nursing student to registered nurse can be exciting, stressful and challenging. While preceptorship is important, information and advice on transitioning to a professional field will always be just as important. My preceptor stated that she successfully transitioned from student nurse to registered nurse by doing clinicals on the nephrology floor as well as precepting. She had accepted a position as registered nurse on the nephrology floor, therefore she was already acclimated to the unit. While being a student, she had numerous clinicals on the nephrology unit. At first, she was apprehensive of working with dialysis patients, subsequently it become a passion of hers and this is when she knew nephrology was for her. I find this significant and relevant to my preceptorship in

My preceptor offered some advice that may help with my transitioning. The first piece of advice I received was to try and stay organized, and not to have high expectations just because student nursing is very supervised, while being a registered nurse is more independent. Taking initiative to establish rapport with coworkers is always great advice when facilitating yourself in a new workplace. Some other tips that I obtained was to learn to communicate with the physicians, learn the policies and procedures and where they are located and know where and how to utilize resources and phone numbers. Communicating with doctors as a new graduate nurse may be scary and uncomfortable, but as they say, practice makes perfect and soon it will become second nature. Policies and procedures drive the way we, as nurses, practice. Moreover, knowing how and where to locate them will help when delegating tasks, performing procedures and taking care of our patients. Another important tip to remember while precepting, is to take it