Getting thru the first year of ICU training

Hello everyone! I have been reading this forum for about two years now with the faroff aspirations to one day become a CRNA.

I have just started working (orientating really) in the ICU (two going on three weeks now) and let me tell you--it is SOOOO difficult!
For those of you who can remember starting out in the ICU, tell me that it does get better I was an A student in nursing school but this is a whole different ball game! I feel like a failure for not catching on more quickly.

For those of you just starting nursing school, everyone on this forum always says, take one step at a time! Believe me they are right. As a new grad the ICU is so Challenging!
POKEY

well i started in ICU right out of school as well. while it it hard dotn try to grasp everything right away. it takes time, and you will learn as you go along. i felt the same way and even somedays now i feel like, what am i doing here. hang in there when you go home, open a book. read up on things which you are unsure of from the night before.