Confused and annoyed with myself

[CardiacRN#1, ASN]

Hello All,

I recently interviewed for 2 units Interventional cardiac and CVICU. To my surprise I was offered both positions. I have previous experience in Cardiac Stepdown, interventional cardiac and Psych. My current job I am in psych.

I really liked both units and managers. I went back and forth weighing pros and cons. I like interventional cardiac because for most part patients are usually stable, I have previous knowledge and experience working on this unit at another hospital. The CVICU scares me I have read about so many nurses not liking it, the steep learning curve, and even being sent to a medsurg ,stepdown, or terminated altogether if they did not appear to be catching on.

 

I need advice is it crazy for me to even step foot on a CVICU unit knowing that I haven’t worked in a true medical floor in almost 2 years? Should I slow down and get back acclimated and take the interventional cardiac position. Does that matter if I get 12 weeks of precept if and classes??

 

I want to be successful in which ever path I choose. Sorry it’s a long read but looking for opinions, advice, feedback anything you can share would helpful

 

CardiacRN

[Lipoma, BSN, RN]

What did you decide to do?