Help me, I 'm new on transplant PCU

[lenea]

Hello all,

I am new graduate nurse. I will be starting my first nursing job in the transplant PCU. So once patients receive their organ transplant (we get everything EXCEPT hearts and lungs on our unit), they will go to the ICU temporarily and then to the PCU. Or if a transplant patient has experienced rejection or something traumatic, they may come to us.

So my point here. In school (BSN), we did not cover transplants other than signs of infection and rejection, and then some immunosuppressants. I know very little about caring for a transplant patient. I am studying before I start my job.

So any transplant nurses out there: if you have any advise, tips, or things that you think I absolutely need to study/prepare for, then please respond and give me all your words of wisdom. I want to be the best nurse I can be, so I'm open and teachable. Thank you!