keepnpositive

Hello:) So far my experience is going well. Working on time management and the "little things," that really aren't so little, like remembering to check labs. The ICU I work in is not state of the art or particularly organized so I spend a lot of time making 3 steps in situations that should take 1. As an agency nurse who has been all around my area stated " they work harder not smarter here." That has been a challenge to work through. Anyone else working in a semi disorganized ICU?

Prince George's hospital hires a slew of new grads a couple of times a year.

Hello! I started in the ICU recently as well. So far it has been going well, I have been blessed with two awesome preceptors. I don't have a lot of bedside experience, but my preceptors keep telling me it's ok, I'll get it. Just had day 5 and so far I have been given one stable patient twice, with my preceptor to answer any questions. We were given the book Critical Care Nursing Demystified, and so far it seems pretty good. Has anyone experienced any flack about being a new grad and going into the ICU? One tech started going on about he doesn't know why the unit keeps hiring young ignorant nurses and my aunts friend said that my manager must have been crazy or desperate to hire me. THe fact is my hospital deliberately hires new grads so they can train them their way, our preceptorship is 16 weeks long, and the critical care classes they send us to every week does not count towards that 16 weeks. Anyway. I'm having a ball. :)