need2liveagain

Either his manager needs to be told about this and gets him some counseling or a co-worker encourages him to seek professional help.

I am a new travel nurse with 4 years experience in Med/Surg and Telemetry. I took the PBDS ICU version test yesterday. Before I started taking it, I saw things on some handouts I was given that I have never worked with or needed to know about. the position Im applying for is PCU and is basically post op bariatric patients. I told the testing proctor that I have not worked in ICU ever and that I am not going to be working in ICU. She said, not to worry- they would take that into consideration. I should have left right then and called my recruiter. I believe I should have received the Med/surg test, not ICU. How did they expect me to pass an ICU exam when I never worked there? I had to guess at about 4 questions and give information I wasn't even sure that was correct. I think it is wrong it was done this way and I am wanting some advice. I am thinking about calling the hospital and discussing this with someone to see if I can take the Med/surg exam. Does that make sense? Because it does to me. I shouldn't have to be considered incompetent just because I haven't worked in a particular area before. when I had the interview with the floor manager, there was no mention that their PCU is anything like an ICU. She said they are post op patients. Any advice would be appreciated.