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How do I deal with the snail preceptee?

Address over-chattiness

●     Is your preceptee the loquacious type who forms a rapport with patients right off the bat and becomes a sounding board upon walking in the door? Commend him on his bedside manner—not all nurses have that naturally, and with great bedside manner comes a well-liked and well-respected nurse. However, that nurse can’t do his job and care for all the patients if he is stuck in a room for an hour. Encourage the nurse to be honest with the families and tell them that he will be back as soon as he sees his other patients.

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Nicole Lehr

Nicole Lehr is a pediatric nurse. She can be described in three adjectives: content, thankful and fortunate. All credit for the aforementioned description can be given to the love she has for her profession as an RN. She graduated from University of Florida with her Bachelor’s in Nursing and moved to Atlanta to work at the Cardiac Stepdown Unit at Children’s — her dream job.

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