new nurses in ICU and ER need your help

[nonameyet]

I am actually trying to get a feel from some new nurses who are not yet acls certified or who are acls certified but rember the feeling. I need to know how you feel wanting to go into these critical areas right out of school but not having acls certification. Is it more stressful. Guys who remember the feeling before they got it can chime in as well. was it more stress full learning your way around a new environment at the same time. I am doing a paper and just wanted to get some input from fellow nurses:welcome:

My immediate goal is to understand several things.

1.Why new nurses do not jump in during emergent situations.

2. Is there a greater feeling of not being trained or feeling overwhelmed being new.

3.What could help them overcome this and be more proactive.

4. Do they feel they are prepared for emergent situations they will encounter in ICU/TCU/CCU when they get out of school.

[RNcDreams]

Hi!

I'm a new grad in the ED.

-Our program mandates ACLS by the time we're done (in 1st 6 months of employment)

-I jump in during emergent situations and do what I'm comfortable with!

-Of course I feel anxious and overwhelmed being new, but I soothe it by asking questions and looking info up that I'm not sure about when I get home

-I would have benefited from more of a focus on critical care info in school, or at least more work with EKG's

-I felt prepared for the ED after I did some research on my own, and I never stop asking questions!!

[Chase_RN]

hey

i'm a new grad in the icu/ccu

our program also mandates acls within the first 6 months of employment

i jump in as well, there probably is some more overwhelming feelings but that's to be expected and is why my orientatoin approx 6 mo is longer than a med/surg nurse

more critical care focus in school/more icu/ccu experience in clinicals

i wasn't prepared for much out of school but within a few months i jump into everything with an open mind to learn and really enjoy and try to take the tougher cases to learn more

[AF nurse2b guy]

hey guys,

So once you graduate and get hired as a BRAND new nurse, how does it work? Do they give you further training or are you suppose to perform right off ther bat?