- Community
-
Programs
- Schools
-
Careers
- RN Specialties
- Best RN Jobs and Salaries
- Aesthetic Nurse
- Nursing Informatics
- Nurse Case Manager
- NICU Nurse
- Forensic Nurse
- Labor and Delivery Nurse
- Psychiatric Nurse
- Pediatric Nurse
- Travel Nurse
- Telemetry Nurse
- Dermatology Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Best NP Jobs and Salaries
- Family NP (FNP)
- Pediatric NP
- Neonatal NP
- Oncology NP
- Acute Care NP
- Aesthetic NP
- Women's Health NP
- Adult-Gerontology NP
- Orthopedic NP
- Emergency NP
- Psychiatric-Mental Health NP (PMHNP)
- APRN
- Nurse Educator
- Nurse Administrator
- Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
- Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
- Resources
- Education
UnicoRN611
54 Posts
I'm in my capstone of my accelerated program. All of my clinical experiences so far have been on med surg floors and the nurses treated us as techs and basically we weren't allowed to act as nurses. Now I'm in my final semester and I'm in an ICU and I'm supposed to be "flying solo" and I'm just completely frozen when I'm there. I'm overwhelmed by the drips and vents... I don't even know where to start or what to do when I'm there. I'm constantly leaning on my nurse for guidance, and every time my instructor checks up on me, she rips me a new ******* for not taking charge of my patient. And I don't blame her!
But I'm so incredibly intimated by this entire experience. I'm afraid of doing something wrong. It's been a rough school experience for me because Ive had a lot of family issues including a horribly messy divorce and having to move myself and my two kids in with my parents... I just don't know what to do. I wanted to be in the ICU so that I could have a more challenging experience, but I'm not stepping up to the plate. My other class mates are so far beyond me, I just feel completely defeated.
And it's not for lack of trying. I'm really trying hard, but at this point I just feel like I'm never going to be self-sufficient as a nurse and I just want to quit... In my final semester, no less.
Idk what the point of this post is.. I guess I just need to vent. Maybe some other people can give me some tips on how to handle the ICU on my own? Oh, also, I have ADHD, so I'm not inherently organized, and I've come to realize that organization is the key to being an ICU nurse. I've also come to realize that ICU is not the place for me, but I still need to make it through this clinical experience alive. If anyone could just give me words of encouragement or tips for success, I would really appreciate it.......