asjohnson02

Hey y'all! I graduated from nursing school about 9 months ago and have been working as a cardiac nurse. While I have come a long way from where I started, I often feel like I am not cut out to be a nurse. I often have to go back and look up information that I don't use every day. I feel as though I had to cram every ounce of information into my head possible during nursing school and now I can't remember it all. I also am still having a hard time keeping up with a the ins-and-outs of all my patients on busy nights. When I was in orientation I felt like I was just thrown out there because we were so short staffed at the time. Now I don't really have as much time to learn and "nurse" because we are always so busy due to lack of staffing. Is this normal or am I just not cut out? I honestly feel burnt out between the lack of staff, stress and bully nurses on my unit. Ive been interested in the OR for awhile now and think I might request to transfer- maybe Cardiac just isn't my niche. I'm just very confused! Any help would be much appreciated!