 Hi guys, so I want to do a little video on my thoughts on new grad nurses in the ICU I can ask this question a lot a lot a lot I get asked this question like probably once a day from someone whether it's on YouTube or Instagram or just in my personal life So here are my thoughts and I'm gonna be just a hundred percent honest with you I think that there are specific new grads that can do very well in the ICU I think that there's just people that are born to be ICU nurses and they hit the floor in the ICU and they're just They're thriving and they do super super well But I will say from being a preceptor and I've precepted experienced nurses into the ICU And I've precepted new grad nurses into the ICU There is a pretty big difference between those nurses that have experience and those that are brand new as far as how quickly they start to pick up on information and organize time in their thought process and I will say that generally the people that have at least a year of experience elsewhere tend to do better quicker in the ICU they tend to Catch on a little bit quicker They tend to kind of get things a little quicker it clicks and they do well And then I have some new crowds that I've precepted that some They do super super well right off the bat and the majority of them They really really struggle in the beginning and I'm just saying this to be honest I don't want to come on here and be like you know what new grads do great in the ICU because I will say that the majority of new grads that come into the ICU They struggle quite a bit and that doesn't mean that they are bad nurses That doesn't mean that they're not meant to be in critical care It just means that it takes them a lot longer to get to where they need to be To be comfortable in the ICU and I just noticed that these nurses tend to burn out very quickly They tend to stay late a lot of times on their shifts because they're trying to catch up on charting and things that weren't done during the day And they just seem to be a little bit more overwhelmed I am not against new grads coming to the ICU because like I said there are a lot of new grads that come to ICU that do very very well, but For the most part the nurses that have some experience no matter what field of nursing it is It could be labor and delivery it could be med surge or tele or it could be outpatient Just having some sort of experience with talking with patients assessing patients charting organizing your time Prioritizing they tend to do a little bit better. I know that was kind of a long-winded answer But it's not just like a clear cut. Yes or none for me But I also wanted to mention that if you are a new nurse to the ICU If you are a new grad or if you were experienced and you are now in the ICU and You're wanting a great resource to help you out I've helped write a course with katie cleaver called breakthrough ICU And it is a crash course into the ICU to specifically help nurses that are new to the critical care field So um, even if you have 10 years of experience on med surge and you're coming into ICU This course can still be very very very beneficial to you because it's all things critical care from How to assess an ICU patient to drips ventilators or serial line central lines and just so so so so much more And if you're interested in the course, I will have the link down below. It's on sale Now through february 7th, um, which is tomorrow So make sure that you buy the course now if you're interested It's $50 off that saves you some money and it's never going to be this cheap again So we will never run another promotion that makes it this Cheap it's always the least expensive when courses are first launched. So check it out If you have any questions on it, let me know, but I think it's a great resource for new grad nurses I've already had some people that I work with Um Say that it's super beneficial and it's helped them and it's written from two critical care nurses perspectives Who both have a passion in education who have both precepted nurses and see the struggles It takes to become an ICU nurse So we want to try and help you learn from our experiences Learn from what we've seen by precepting other nurses and make you a successful ICU nurse That's really our goal is to make you successful in the ICU. All right guys Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video. Bye