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Hello everyone, I just wanted to reach out to my colleagues to see if you guys could help me since I'm having such a difficult time figuring this out on my own. I have my BSN, and have been a bedside nurse for 8 years, with my specialties being in Hem/Onc/BMTU. But my issue is that I want to transition out of bedside nursing and am pretty sure I want to get into project management... But I don't know the first thing about how to even transition into that role. In the actual job descriptions of a nurse project manager.. I feel that the essential job duties are something that I could definitely do and feel like nurses do these types of duties everyday.. Possible just on a smaller scale, but when it comes to experience in project management.. That's where I begin to get discouraged. I know I don't have experience in it, but am wondering if there are any entey level positions that could get my foot in the door.. Or if there are other roles or job titles that can get me into that area. I guess I'm just trying to see if this transition is even feasible for a bedside nurse to get into. I was thinking about trying to take some classes..like an intro to project management, but wanted input to see if anyone has had any similar experiences. Thanks again :)

I worked on a med surg unit for 2 years then decided to make the jump into the ICU. I expected things to be intense.. And I knew there were tons of stuff to learn.. But I knew having some med surg experience would be beneficial. I'm 2 months into the ICU.. This is my first week off orientation.. And I'm feeling completely overwhelmed. The two pts I had weren't even thst complex.. But I was still very nervous and uncertain of what to do. I'm also considered a universal nurse meaning I work interchangeably between MICU and SICU.. So it's not like I focus on strictly neuro versus cardiac.. I'm kind of learning everything all at once. I'm struggling with EKG interpretations.. And I just feel completely useless. I was such a competent nurse on med surg.. Now I feel like I know nothing. I need an honest opinion.. Does it get better? Or am I truly just not built for the ICU? I give report and some of these nurses make me feel so incompetent. Don't know if I should bail now or if I'm overreacting. Help!