ICU/CCU nursing?!?

[heaverboo]

I'm a new RN but not a new nurse. I was an LPN for 1.5 yrs before finishing RN school. I currently work on orthopedics but looking for something else with more experience and pay as well. I'm thinking about ICU, what are your thoughts? What do ICU nurses deal with? Our orthopedic floor is VERY busy with a ratio of 1:4 and sometimes 1:5 on days. Please give your input on transferring to ICU/CCU...

[heaverboo]

I have a friend that works on a telemetry unit at the hospital where I am and she gets like 2 dollars extra an hour than I do. I have LPN experience behind me and she used to be a patient care tech, So i'm thinking that I'd make pretty good money if I went to a critical care floor. I'm just confused on what i'd like to do. I know ICU would be great experience, or even a telemetry floor! I'm hearing it's normal to feel confused right out of school.

I'm doing orthopedics now and I know that I do not want to do that forever, it's very hard on the body and our ratio is 1:4 and sometimes 1:5. I like dealing with the post op patients and so forth. Maybe with time it'll come to my mind what i'd like to do.