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Sorry for the confusion. They said the IV and phlebotomy classes were useful! But I agree that ACLS is the first start. Thank you!

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Thank you for your response!! I agree I think following a unit that does IVs frequently as ours fortunately does not have much opportunitiea for it.

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here and I am hoping for some positive and constructive feedback. Thank you for your time. I am in my early twenties but have been working for almost 2 and a half years all inpatient on tele/medsurg units. I recently transferred to a new hospital but still in the same system due to better patient to nurse ratios and it is a lot closer to my house. I have been at this current hospital for about 5 months and I am hitting a crisis. I skipped normal orientation due to just being a transfer. This new hospital has their nurses do blood draws, start IVs, Be ACLS certified and a few other minors things just for medsurg floors. While I am sure this sounds dumb to a lot of you. I am coming from a large hospital where I had a code team, 24/7 phlebotomy and IV team. As a normal medsurg/tele floor we never worried about this or was trained to do it in school. Now being 5 months in I am expected to become ACLS certified and magically learn everything with no training. There are classes but all at unmanageable times due to me being night shift. In addition, the new nurses that attend this orientation explain how useless and unhelpful it is. I am finding many of the other nurses are very judgemental and expect me to know how to do all of these things. It is to the point I am embarrassed to ask for help. There are many other minor issues I'm sure we all relate to that are piling up that is making me question if I even want to be a nurse or step out of bedside nursing. I am just at an overwhelming spot in my life and it is especially difficult because I have never felt inadequate as a nurse until now. I have been looking at multiple other positions but I am unsure if I am ready for a needed change or if I am just being dramatic and need a reality check. I understand the issues I've talked about are probably the norm to many of you. I would love some support or feedback to my current situation. Also what are other areas of nursing that you would recommend someone moving into? Thank you!!