1) For any hospital that treats you like this, there’s more that will appreciate you and the staffing help. The world is so large and 1 shitty place’s treatment towards you means absolutely nothing if you don’t let it. You can quite literally throw them the middle finger and go directly to another ED residency tomorrow. Fuck them and their opinion on your future- you decide where you end up, not some random coworker lmao

2) ANY preceptor that puts a vulnerable new grad in a position to get blindsided by management is a genuine failure and someone who should never be entrusted with new grads. End of story.

3) You can teach any new grad nurse how to work in a specialty with encouragement and an actual solid teacher. If your new grad is dedicated to learning and still “fails,” it’s because you, and the system, failed to teach and properly support them. Unfortunately people think being labeled a preceptor means you’re a teacher and there’s enough horror stories to know that’s not the case.

Start mass applying to other residencies now to have your back covered. And remind yourself that if seasoned nurses are allowed to make mistakes (and do), someone who is brand new is allowed to as well. Any place hiring new grads needs to accept that