Jenny12

i am so sorry that happened to you. i actually had a surgeon stop me from putting an iv into a patient who was stable. he didn't come up to me and say it, but went up to the other er nurse and told her she should do it because i was a student and students should not be messing around with critical patients. i was so mad, because i was a 4h year nursing student and i had started so many ivs. so the next day at the end of my shift i was getting out of the elevator and he was getting in so i stopped; got back in and talked to him and told him that i was going to be a rn in about a couple of weeks time and like it or not that i would be starting ivs on his patients in er and where ever. he said he was sorry and that he had no idea that i was in my fourth year. this was my first time ever approaching a doctor and telling him that it was not right for him to do that (and i am a very shy person). but in my hospital we have very young doctors and the new doctors coming out of med school are more nicer and understand and thank the nurses for what they do on a daily basis. its the more older ones (not all) that have the old school mean attitude.

Thank-you all so much for your advice. I was starting to second guess myself, because of one particular nurse in ICU who does not like the idea of a new grad in ICU and in a way started discourging me from going in there and has been saying things like you don't have your ACLS (which i have signed up for sep) therefor you are not prepared. The hospital that i am working in will be offering me a 6 week orientation and then a follow-up with my preceptor. This ICU has only has one nurse during each shift in its unit, which scared me a little, but two ICU nurses have already told me that they will be there whenever i needed them. Thank-you all for your support and i hope you all realize what a great bunch of nurses you are! P.S. to all of you who work in Med/Surg, i loved it during my undergrad and i have asked to work in both areas (ICU and Med/Surg).

Hi! I am going to be graduating soon and have been offered an ICU ( better known as a complex care unit) postion in a small town. I was all for it and ready, because i know that complex care is where i want to work. I have a lot of nurses supporting me, however there are a lot that don't like the idea of a new grad in ICU. I have been told some things in which i have second guessed myself. I was also told that new grads should start off on med/surg before even thinking of ICU. I know that the majority of ICU nurses have accepted me and have even volunteered to preceptor me when i start working. But my question is: should new grads work in ICU? I did mention to the nursing manager that i haven't seen some things and haven't had experince with certain procedures, but she assured me it would be all right, but with everything thats being said about the ICU i have second guessed myself.