[TX_ICU_RN]

I have finished all the hospital and nursing orientation....FINALLY!!!!! Tomorrow night will be my first actual shift on the unit. I have so many emotions running through me right now. I am excited, scared, thrilled, petrified...all over the map. I know I will just be observing, but it still is overwhelming! Hopefully the first six months will fly by!

[calla2114]

YAY!!! Have fun and learn lots!!!

[Conrad283]

Good luck .. My first day is coming, so I know what you're feeling like.

[TX_ICU_RN]

Thanks for the support!! I hope I can make it through the night shift. I have tried to sleep today but I am so excited and nervous that it is just not going to happen. Fortunately, my PCP gave me some Provigil to help me adjust back to the night schedule.
Conrad283...when do you start? I wish you the best! I will let you know how tonight goes when I get a chance to get on the computer (I am working 2 7p-7a shifts in a row).

[calla2114]

Oh the first night is not to terrible with no sleep. Your excitement will probably carry you through!! You are in TX...I assume with the name. I am moving there soon, to work in an ICU, so I will be in your position in the near future!

[*LadyNurse*]

Good luck to you...I know exactly how you feel. My first day in SICU is a mere 2 weeks away...

[Aggie2000]

Congrats! Hope your shift went well. Where in Texas are you? I am in San Antonio. I am applying for GN positions in the ICU here.

[CVICURN2003]

Originally Posted by TX_ICU_RN

I have finished all the hospital and nursing orientation....FINALLY!!!!! Tomorrow night will be my first actual shift on the unit. I have so many emotions running through me right now. I am excited, scared, thrilled, petrified...all over the map. I know I will just be observing, but it still is overwhelming! Hopefully the first six months will fly by!

I hope you had a good day. In a year or so, you will have that AH-HA moment and realize you ACTUALLY knew what to do in an emergency and did it! Or have a someone "new" ask you a complicated question and you could answer it approprialty! And you will learn something new everyday, no matter how long you are a nurse, you will never know "everything". I started as a new grad in a high acuity ICU and love it. Good Luck, I hope you have a great preceptor and co-workers (I did). I took melatonin to sleep at night.

[AnthonyD]

So how did it go??

[leosrain]

Originally Posted by AnthonyD

So how did it go??

I was wondering the exact same thing!