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Hi all. So I recently started a new job in a CVICU and am wondering if it is common practice at other places to put in orders without actually getting it from the doctor? I'm new to the ICU and nurses in the unit im on write orders for the doctor all the time without actually getting them. It's one specific Ct surgeon that they do it for bc he doesn't want to be bothered. Nurses order things like abgs, bicarbonate, amiodarone, calcium, bipap, chest x-rays, haldol, and other things without calling the doctor. The doctor doesn't want to be bothered especially at night so nurses are expected to order drugs and such that we think the patient needs. I don't totally feel comfortable doing this and am wondering if this is generally what is expected of me if I work in an ICU? I had a situation last night where I called the doctor on some abnormal abg results and patient was having some respiratory distress and he got real annoyed at me and said "I can't see the patient you make the decision on whether he needs to be intubated or not". Btw im still in orientation and just wanted to get some feedback

I've been a nurse for over three years now and have worked in ICU, nephrology and did some travel nursing. I've come to the realization that I do not enjoy my job. I dread going to work and I know that this is not healthy. It's not so much the patients or the caring part, it's that I get so much worry and anxiety at work about making a major mistake and I get filled with anxiety thinking about a patient crashing. I guess I am just not into the rush of a code blue or anything like that. Does anyone have any suggestions of jobs I could transition to? I Don't know if it's worth trying a different field of nursing or just getting out of nursing altogether. Thanks for any advice !