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Thank you for responding. My unit has seen quite a few kids pass lately who weren’t chronically sick. Drownings, SIDS, flu, etc. I’m finding these particularly hard to wrap my mind around.

PICU has been my dream job for a very long time. I’ve only been here for about 6 months (actually a year but was on maternity leave for a bit). There have been so many sad stories in my PICU lately and I I feel like I’m always thinking about the kids. I’m often sad and even anxious about all the scary things that could happen to my own kids. Maybe my hormones are just off still from pregnancy and breastfeeding? Maybe I need to learn how to cope? I’m just having a tough time. The lack of sleep with night shift and a new baby probably isn’t helping. I’m almost considering looking into other specialties which breaks my heart because this has been my dream for so long. Any advice would be appreciated. I want to be strong enough because I love this job but I’m not sure if I am.

Thanks for the help

I am a new grad who started orientation on my Med/Surg unit in July of this year and was on my own by the end of August on AM shift. So all together I've been on my own for 3 and a half months. Some days are worse than others but overall I just feel like a terrible nurse and I hate my job. It sounds awful but I honestly feel like I am doing my patients a disservice by being their nurse. Here are the reasons why... -I feel like I'm missing things that come so naturally to other nurses. Everyone says, "you're new, you can't catch everything" but what if that was your family member? -With my 5 patients I find it so hard to know what the plan is for all of them. I can't ever remember their names half of the time (which I am ashamed to admit). I'm just so distracted by all of the other things going on. I even come in early to prep and I STILL don't feel prepared. I don't spend nearly enough time with my patients because I'm so busy charting and doing other tasks/passing meds. -Did I learn anything in nursing school? I'm having a hard time remembering a lot of the common disease processes and medications. I went to a very reputable school. I feel like I forgot everything already. -Every time I give report I feel like I missed so many things. I was a CNA for almost a decade(most of those years on my current unit!) and I always knew I wouldn't like med surg. My main interests are PICU, NICU, ICU and ED. After this, I don't feel competent enough to work in these specialties so I am feeling pretty hopeless. **Did any of you start out in a Med/Surg type setting and go on to thrive in critical care?? I'm sorry this is so long. If you took the time to read it, thank you! I could really use some advice. After being in healthcare for so long, I didn't expect to struggle this hard. I really feel like giving up.

Oh I definitely wouldn't turn it down unless I had an official offer from this other hospital. Thanks for the reply. I am thinking the same as what you said, if I'm given the opportunity of course. I just wanted to see if anyone had any information about it.

I will be graduating from my RN program soon. I have already been told that I have a job waiting for me on a busy med/surg/tele floor at a hospital in my area(I am a CNA there) that is very well known and highly desired hospital to work for. The problem is, I know for a fact that I do not like med surg and I will want to spend a very limited amount of time there. The hospital that I'm orienting at is great but it's not very well known outside of that city(a city that I will never move to but I'd be willing to continue commuting to.) This hospital hires new grads for my preferred specialty which is peds and NICU. My my question is, once I get enough experience to move to my dream job at a local children's hospital, would I be better off with experience at a well known hospital in general med/surg or with experience in my specialty at a hospital that they may have never heard of? Thanks for reading! :)

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Thank you for your reply. I feel like it's so hard to land an ICU job in my area!

I am a nursing student who is interested (not decided) in ICU/critical care nursing. I have been searching the forums on here for an hour and can't seem to find the answer to my question. In my area there is no way that a new grad will be hired onto an ICU unit. Not only do I want to be an ICU nurse but I want to be a great, well prepared ICU nurse. So my question is, what type of unit would best prepare me? I have a job waiting for me when I graduate in a medsurg/tele unit but I'm not sure if that would be the best choice. Any opinions? Anyone know what type of nurses critical care managers typically like to hire? :)

So did everyone get their emails asking for supporting docs?? :)

I took the teas at Sacramento state but it's the same everywhere. It's very similar to the practice tests. I would study from those, the ATI practice book and this study guide on all nurses is really helpful. https://allnurses.com/teas-exam-help/how-i-passed-804222.html

I have 73 as well. (Unless I do better on the teas test that I'm retaking, Tuesday.) I've seen so many high scores. Getting nervous

Hi everyone! When you get your acceptance/denials would you mind saying how many points you had on your application? It really helps us people who are planning on applying :) I will be applying this fall with 73+ points (retaking the teas) and would like to have an idea of where I stand.

This is torture! No news yet??

I think so too. I know I would totally regret it if I didn't try!