New Grad in the IICU Advice?

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Hello!

I recently graduated nursing school and I am on my second week of orientation in the intermediate ICU. So far, I love it - My preceptor is great and I'm learning a lot already. I know this is really a question my preceptor could answer best, but I wanted to get opinions from other nurses as well.

What are the best things I can familiarize myself with now to get myself up to speed? I know coming right out of school, there's a lot I still have yet to learn and most of that will come from hands-on practice, but I want to know if there is anything you all wish you had studied more in depth to equip yourselves for the floor?

So far, I having been going back over arrhythmias and treatments, brushing up on basic assessment skills from 101, and reviewing my pharmacology and labs.

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Specializes in ICU, CCU, Cardiac.

Have a look at http://www.nu2icu.com.. free and simple information for you to start with.. good luck

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Specializes in Critical Care.

My best advice - change your usernames on social media so people can't find you.. Taylor!

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Specializes in Cardiac/Transplant ICU, Critical Care.

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You should be really proud of yourself for all of your hard work and landing a pretty sweet gig after graduation! Going into the Critical Care arena you find out very quickly that there are a ton of drips to learn about and understand.

One of the first things that I did was master my understanding of adrenergic agonists and vasopressors. I am really happy that I did this because it gave me a very strong base and helped me understand why we made the moves that we did. For fun I actually made a video going over the finer aspects of different adronergic agonists and vasopressor like medications.

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Good luck, have fun, and don't stop asking questions!

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