Cardiac cath nurse being put in procedures with no training

[Runman1914]

I have been working in a cath unit for 8 months now. I received little to no training before i was put in procedures alone.

Now doctors are expecting me to preform like a seasoned veteran. Furthermore the cath lab i work in does alot of procedures on pts in there 90s. We have a pt code almost everyday. Then of course the doctors blame the nurse.

I really think i made a huge mistake transfering to cath lab. Are all cath labs like this or just the one i work at?

[Runman1914, MSN, RN]

I wish it was different but a lot places were there are no experience people. This is what happens. After 22 years in the cath lab smaller hospitals will do this. If your hospital is behind and will give you the time to learn?? But if they are on the doctors side helping make a bad situation worse. Then get out!!!!!!!!

Thanks thats exactly what i did. I got out of that mad house. I returned to my floor back on Jan 3rd. I have friends still there telling me they are leaving soon. In my 18 years of nursing i have never work in a crazy, disorganized place like UM cath lab.