sparrow99

Iwould get a few years working in ICU before even considering working in pacu. if you are working in a general hospital you will need to take care of ventilator patients, arterial lines, swans etc. You will need to interperate ABGs and make snap decisions regarding respiratory decline etc. Good luck!

I worked with a nurse who was truely terrible at bedside nursing. She obviously just didnt have the compassion and took it out on her patients. She left and worked in a few other hospitals for a couple of years. Then, she came back as a nursing supervisor! I thought she would be really bad at it........However, she is terrific! It is a great job for her. She is a great trouble shooter, she works hard at it and she manages the nurses really well. Dont feel as if you have failed, failure is staying in a job you hate and making yourself and your patients unhappy. Success is realising it is not for you and moving on to something you will be great at!