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Henrica80 if you are interested in CCU go for it. You have some good experience behind you. I am starting to see the going to CCU is a growing experience. Along with that comes some bumps and bruises but in the end, if you really want it and work for it, you will succeed. The program sounds great. I am only getting 3 months of preceptorship and had 7 classes. GO FOR IT!

hey midnitej. I am in a similar situation. I am in my first month of preceptorship with 2 more to go. ( I have 1.5 years on a med/ tele floor and feel like a new nurse) I am doing my reading and following my preceptor. Saturday I start my second month and second preceptor (3 months, 3 preceptors) and I still feel lost. I have been reading and reviewing all of these new ICU related drugs and revisiting disease processes and reading on topics that I am unclear on. It is immensely overwhelming and you can at times feel like an outsider on the unit. Have faith and keep pushing. That is what I am doing. Curious to know how you are doing now as it has been a few months since this thread.....

Out of curiosity, how long did it take for you to feel comfortable? I have been in ICU for one month and am wondering if I made the rt move. I had 1.5 years on med tele floor.

old goat: got your message. Thanks. I appreciate your help and understand. I was just at a point of frustration. (Couldn't reply to personal message.)

Thank you much. I will keep that in mind.

@ Old goat. thank you for taking the time to tell me its in a book- I couldn't really find anything in my text about widening pulse pressure. This morning though i surfed the web and read on it. I thought that this was a forum where we could post questions and get answers and insight. I will continue to seek answers other ways Also, I didn't think that the triad of symptoms in Cushing's Syndrome was the same as Cushing's Syndrome. I was trying to get an understanding of what it is (which I now Know) and why the pulse pressure widens.

Can anyone explain what widened pulse pressure is as it relates to a triad of symptoms dealing with Cushing's? Thanks!