I need help. I have been burnt out for a long time for various reasons. I have come to my end of burn out and I am severely depressed. There's a lot of background to why I feel like this but this is...
Hello! I am looking for advice on how to prepare for an interview in the cath lab. I have 2.5 years experience working in a progressive cardiac care unit. We take cate of patients with all sorts of...
Hello! I am currently working on a step down cardiac unit. Was previously working in an ICU of a trauma center. Total I have 1 year of nurse, which I know is obviously not a lot. I have learned in my...
Nope i did not know. I THOUGHT i knew but turns out I didnt. I thought I wanted to go into intensive/critical care but once I was in it for about a year I learned I HATED it. And it was a field that...
Hello, I would like some advice on resigning. I am leaving for various reasons. I work in a county hospital that is severely understaffed. I work in the ICU and it is common to get 3 unstable ICU...
I decided to start applying to various places and in the meantime continue working until I got a better job somewhere else. At least that way I can continue to work on my experience meanwhile I look...
Thanks for understanding! The acuity at my hospital it pretty high. It's not level 1 trauma but most of my patients are intubated, sedated, or restrained. However that is not ALWAYS the case. Some pts...
Hello, I am a new nurse graduated in December 2015. I have been working 6 months in an ICU at a county, trauma level 3 Hospital. I have been working in this same ICU for 1 year previously as a nursing...
Thank you for replying. It's not so much that I don't feel comfortable in my nurse skin. I recognize that every new job rakes it's time to feel confident and I don't have a problem with not knowing...
Hello! I am a fairly new nurse who has been working 5 months in an ICU. I started off here as a new grad straight out of school. I do not enjoy being an ICU nurse. I thought it would be exciting but I...
Hello! I am a new grad interested in OR nursing.. I graduated in December and as of now have 5 months experience working in a trauma center ICU. I do not enjoy my job. I thought when I first started...
Thank you so much. You described exactly how I felt in every sense. and you brought up a point I didn't see before. I think my lack of interest and dislike of working here really shows in my patient...
Thank you to everyone for replying. I will stick it out a little longer and see maybe if with more time of working here and getting better at my job MAYBE I'll grow to like it. I was thinking maybe...