 Hi guys and welcome. Just gonna hear it in my face. Welcome back to my channel. Today I wanted to do a video on how long it took me to feel comfortable in the ICU. A lot of people ask me this question because the ICU is tough. Any nursing position is tough really. Like this could apply to pretty much any position but the ICU is obviously a specialized area. You're taking care of really sick people and it's a lot of pressure and Adrenaline so to speak of not messing something up to where you could potentially harm someone. So a lot of you guys asked when did I feel comfortable in the ICU and my go-to answer I always tell people is you should never really feel a hundred percent comfortable. You should definitely feel like 98% comfortable, but there should always be that little bit of like Uncomfortableness because you need to check yourself and that's like that's your catch. That's your fallback That is like your instinct telling you that like something's not right double check this triple check this make sure you're doing everything correctly So you never want to feel a hundred percent comfortable in any area of nursing because you just that's how we make mistakes Is when we get too lenient and comfortable and relaxed I would say that probably by about six months in the ICU is when I felt like Okay, no matter what patients I get I can handle this. I was by six months I was ready to start taking on new challenges like doing different certifications like the rota-prone and balloon pump and just different certification things to gain more experience in the ICU and I feel like six months is kind of a go-to mark for most nursing areas some people a Little less some people a little bit more and by a year. I really was just feeling like okay Throw whatever you want my way. If I don't know it I'll figure it out and that's how kind of where I'm at now So it doesn't matter you can give me the two Telly patients that need to get downgraded and transferred to different rooms or you can give me the really the one six six six patient That's on four pressers eight nine ten drips Total has so many doctors following on CRRT like you can give me whatever patient you want And if I don't know something I will ask and figure it out. So I guess that's the simple answer is just You never feel comfortable a hundred percent, but six months and by a year for sure Um, everyone's a little bit different and this can apply to every area of nursing But I hope this answers that question a little bit for you guys Um, if you have any other questions, leave them down below Let me know when you started feeling comfortable and I say that Again, because you never should feel a hundred percent comfortable in your area in nursing And share that down below so others can hear from you. Thank you so much for watching this video Give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys next time. Bye