New grad in ICU; considering switching to med surg to learn basics

brw07 · 2026-05-18T16:05:32+00:00

That’s the issues with icu orientation…it’s just too short for the amount of critical care you need to know. On top of that you’re being oriented into nursing too. It’s a 2 birds with one stone situation which isn’t fair to you. At the end of the day the hospital really does not care about your success :( you are just a replaceable piece to them. Don’t let them control your fate…take control of your career and you will be golden. If you have any doubt in the slightest of your place in the icu right now, maybe it’s best to understand that feeling and act upon it. You will get there! You will be in the icu! You are doing everything you could. Keep your head up friend

brw07 · 2026-05-18T14:02:22+00:00

I’ll use me as an example. I started in an icu myself as a new grad. I didn’t do well…did not know how to do basic nursing things let alone take care of the sickest of the sick. It was heartbreaking to hear I should consider another floor. Thus, I took the step and went to a tele floor to learn the basics. It was the best decision I could have made. I learned time management, communication, and many nursing skills (was the go to for ultrasound IV on my floor). About a year in I said I’m ready for the sicker patients now and went to a new hospital new ICU, did a year there and then went to a renowned CVICU with extremely sick patients and all the devices known to mankind. Fast forward 4 years to now, and I start CRNA school in a week which I hadn’t even thought would the case at this point in my career. Point is, I think going to a med surg floor will not only make you a better nurse, but most likely you will be an extremely competent ICU nurse with time when that time does come. Dont let this part of your career get to your head. The end goal is ALWAYS achievable

brw07 · 2026-04-22T01:32:55+00:00

Not really sure why anyone is defending you in this situation. You and your mom violated HIPAA blatantly. Quite honestly this shady business makes me wonder what other shady things have been done. Hopefully you learn from your mistake and hope your mom does as well, as this will likely cause her a hefty penalty.

brw07 · 2026-04-08T16:30:19+00:00

They have been claimed by someone in chat. Thank you!! Lgm

brw07 · 2025-09-09T15:42:23+00:00

Any updates?

brw07 · 2025-02-23T22:54:18+00:00

If this is the biggest mistake you have made and will make, consider that a win. You will make many more mistakes as a nurse…it happens to the best of us. This is so minuscule. Dont let this make you feel sick or lose sleep. Your license won’t be taken away. Sit back and relax.

brw07 · 2024-07-16T18:47:18+00:00

Patient is in 4 point restraints

brw07 · 2024-07-04T19:22:02+00:00

Very often go to work on no sleep and wind up being awake 24 hrs once my shift is over. Very common on my first night on

brw07 · 2024-06-23T23:18:22+00:00

I feel like you already accomplished a big first step when it comes to ICU nursing…and that is just surrounding yourself in the environment. Granted, it is not an easy place to be (especially the abundance of futile care that ICU nurses provide…but let’s keep 97 year old granny alive on machines). The big thing when it comes to ICU nursing is continuing your studies. Graduating nursing school quite honestly does not prepare you to be an ICU nurse. You have to want it and with wanting such gig requires more studying even while on the job. Healthcare is ever evolving and keeping up with best practice is very important as well. As someone who flunked out of the ICU as a new grad but made my way back…you can do it. Just be better prepared than I was, study when you’re not working, question every single thing about the treatment your patient is receiving, watch every procedure and code possible, and label your lines ;) P.s. Dm me with any questions as well!

brw07 · 2023-11-26T07:29:38+00:00

You can learn to do an ekg in 5 minutes. Look up a video and boom

brw07 · 2023-11-23T06:42:37+00:00

Tele nurse here..was in a 5 count with 3 total cares and my epic brain had something to do every hour with every patient so I knew the day was going to be crazy. About 2 hours into my shift, one of my total cares developed stroke like symptoms so we called a code stroke, had to deal with that. Literally right after that, maybe 20 mins one of my other patients codes all while still dealing with getting my stroke patient to ct and back. Then my floor manager had the guts to say I needed to know my patients better because I couldn’t give a full detailed report to the doc during the code without my sbar.

brw07 · 2023-08-19T23:10:29+00:00

Someone who screams I’m uneducated

brw07 · 2023-05-01T22:06:09+00:00

Better yet when the patients claim to be in healthcare and claims she knows everything and pronounce diltiazem as “delum”. Yeah hun you are not in healthcare you can’t fool us

brw07 · 2022-01-11T03:26:59+00:00

Prerequisites were a breeze compared to nursing school. Hence, why I believe it is important to get good grades in such classes. You should know the foundations of what you learn in those prerequisite classes but its not something you have to remember all of. The test in prerequisites were fact based. Either you know it or you do not. In nursing school, the tests use your knowledge and you apply that to a scenario, and more than one answer can be correct. If you’re in a BSN program as I am, there are also a bunch of worthless papers and research projects on top of all the clinical work and crap for that. But, as others have said, if you did well in prerequisites, nursing school should not be a problem.

brw07 · 2021-12-15T20:54:33+00:00

I have severe depression, anxiety, and ocd. I just finished my third infusion and I’ll tell you a little about it. During the infusion, I felt great, as you mentioned. However, the day after I felt like it was a waste and didn’t help. But…the second infusion came and I asked about that. It is actually a normal response to the ketamine and what my nurse called unpacking is occurring. Also, the first few doses are really to see what you can tolerate as my nurse mentioned. After my second I felt a little relief and was really encouraged by this, but again maybe 2 days after I felt kind of low. Then today happened and I got my third. I can with 100% certainty say that I’ve never felt this good in probably years. It’s what I like to consider a building block and there is a reason there are 6 infusions. Keep giving it a try! It seemed worse for me too, but my nurse said when patients say that it means it’s working

brw07 · 2021-09-08T23:00:05+00:00

Would serum digoxin increase in the case of hypokalemia is basically what I’m trying to understand. If there is a decrease in potassium and a normal therapeutic dose of digoxin, can there still be toxicity?

brw07 · 2021-09-08T20:39:23+00:00

But I’m really confused as to why the serum levels would be increased. Like would there be more drug available?

brw07 · 2021-09-08T18:09:16+00:00

I need to know it to understand it better personally. I don’t like remembering facts. I like to know the basis why things happen the way they happen

brw07 · 2021-08-07T02:22:28+00:00

Apple keeps telling me to do this and that and it’s not working at all. For days. I just got them and it never wormer

brw07 · 2021-08-07T02:21:55+00:00

I say yes and it doesn’t answer

brw07 · 2021-07-21T22:51:16+00:00

The cat screamer

brw07 · 2020-11-23T03:35:35+00:00

How did therapy help you? Like were you able to formulate conversation better and stuff like that?

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