SometimesRN

So I left a smaller ICU where I had experience to go to a bigger teaching ICU to learn things we don’t do. I’ve been here for a couple months now and keep asking to take more complex patients or patients with devices. I am trained and capable of doing these things however I am not confident and have not been able to become confident because I never get the chance to take a complex pt. I got sicker patients at my old hospital. Every time I ask for a certain assignment whoever is charge thinks of a reason why I can’t have it. There is no sharing of knowledge on this floor and multiple nurses have said things along the lines of “well it’s not my job to teach.” This is not a super busy unit, and I understand not wanting a newer person taking care of a super sick patient on a crazy unit but that’s not the case. I’m just feeling frustrated and like I should leave since no one wants to let me learn/practice. So I guess this is a vent and a “what do I do now?”