 Hi guys, so I wanted to give you guys an update on how my new job is going in the ICU if you saw my last video on my ICU update you saw that I was struggling I was frustrated I was tired I was overwhelmed all of the above and oh hi Ivy by the way they think it's playtime right now so if you're here growling that is them playing in the background just ignore it. So I wanted to give an update on how I'm doing I have officially completed two weeks of work and heading into my third week and my feelings have definitely changed from the first time so I would say in a nutshell overall I'm not necessarily loving my job yet but I'm not necessarily hating my job I like it right now I like it I definitely feel still out of my comfort zone a little bit which is a good thing I'm being challenged so let's just kind of rewind I'll go through my schedule kind of day by day so after my first two shifts that's when I made my first video so I came back on Monday and Tuesday and had another two shifts and they went well I had two patients the first day and a one on one the second day they're all pretty stable on their drips and medications and the plan that we were doing nothing crazy happened so I am getting used to the charting system what I need to do to come you know what I need to complete every one hour every two hours every three hours four hours what not so I'm getting used to that I would say I'm not that I've mastered it but I am pretty comfortable now with the whole process of what I need to chart in the ICU on Thursday and Friday I had some training courses I had a simulation day just to check off that I know how to do like an IV and those things like that we did a mock code and then on what did I do the next day oh Friday I was with different I went to the hospital and I was with different people every two hours if that makes sense so like I was with the line team and I was with the the Huck and so kind of just to get a different approach a different view yes I know you want to play with your toys on the different parts of the hospital and how they run so that was good it was helpful it was only for some seven to three and then I had Saturday off and then I worked on Sunday and on Sunday the shift went pretty well nothing too crazy again and so I'm getting used to the flow of things there's definitely like still things that are difficult for me like there's so many doctors like I don't know all the doctors names and how I contact them and stuff but I'm slowly picking up on those things and I slowly see my confidence gaining and you know I'm you know getting more comfortable confident whatever you want to say in the environment it's definitely challenging it's very challenging I think I'm struggling it with it more than I thought I thought that you know I had a little ICU experience and ER experience and I thought that coming into this I would be like you know not struggling as much as I am and struggling that's such a bad word because I don't like if you ask my preceptor and people like that they wouldn't I don't think they would say like oh she's struggling so bad so I just personally feel like it's taking a while to adjust it's a huge hospital and it's just it's a way different approach than working in a small rural hospital so so different I'm thankful to have seen both the sides of things and how things kind of operate but again it's overwhelming it's challenging on top of that you probably can tell my voice I was sick or I've been sick today's like the first day actually feel better I've been sick for over a week now and my dogs have been sick adjusting to a new job my husband's deployed so I've had a lot of factors other than just starting a new job that I have been influencing my life lately but you know I have a positive attitude I am just ready every shift to learn more and I have two more shifts this week and so I'm I'm ready I'm you know learning more each day and slowly you know gaining confidence as we go so I hope that gives you guys a little update on how my job is going make sure you give this video thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys next time bye