For the new nurses coming to the ICU please do not attempt to turn patients on your own. If you don’t have the help or the staff then wait until you get the help
I enjoyed the two years I worked in the ICU. I learned a lot about managing critical patients. The nurse to patient ratio was good. I ended up transitioning to emergency medicine mainly because of my desire to work in chaos and try to construct order from that chaos. I still rely on the critical care knowledge I acquired in the ICU, but see more trauma and variability of clinical presentations in the E.D. I'd say I was involved in more code situations in the ICU, but there's a whole lot more gore in the emergency department. I guess it comes down to what you like. There is one certainty though: You can get a job anywhere once you have a couple of years of ICU or ER experience as a nurse. Especially if you have your CCRN and/or CEN.
"It could be worse" I learned this as an ICU patient. From this I learned thankful and grateful. Thankful is not worse, and grateful for my current condition. 400lbs in my back leaving me with 18 broken bones and a punctured lung (10 vertibrae, 7 ribs, and left scapula. Plus a lot of other damage) I am now working through nursing school to be an ICU nurse myself.
For a long time I was worried about who would we hand off the torch to…not so much thank you bravo…be mindful that your career is over before you blink. Enjoy every day and save your coin……….When you stop loving it and stop having fun it’s time………40 years in and loved every stinkin moment of it …every one…….
For the new nurses coming to the ICU please do not attempt to turn patients on your own. If you don’t have the help or the staff then wait until you get the help
Facts, the first few turns you might feel ok but it adds up real quick!
I could not finish the video, the guy on the right sounds like he is on speed !!! So good material
I enjoyed the two years I worked in the ICU. I learned a lot about managing critical patients. The nurse to patient ratio was good. I ended up transitioning to emergency medicine mainly because of my desire to work in chaos and try to construct order from that chaos. I still rely on the critical care knowledge I acquired in the ICU, but see more trauma and variability of clinical presentations in the E.D. I'd say I was involved in more code situations in the ICU, but there's a whole lot more gore in the emergency department. I guess it comes down to what you like. There is one certainty though: You can get a job anywhere once you have a couple of years of ICU or ER experience as a nurse. Especially if you have your CCRN and/or CEN.
"It could be worse" I learned this as an ICU patient. From this I learned thankful and grateful. Thankful is not worse, and grateful for my current condition. 400lbs in my back leaving me with 18 broken bones and a punctured lung (10 vertibrae, 7 ribs, and left scapula. Plus a lot of other damage) I am now working through nursing school to be an ICU nurse myself.
For a long time I was worried about who would we hand off the torch to…not so much thank you bravo…be mindful that your career is over before you blink. Enjoy every day and save your coin……….When you stop loving it and stop having fun it’s time………40 years in and loved every stinkin moment of it …every one…….
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Not all medsurge pt is walky talkie 😂😂 maybe sometimes if you get lucky
Yea that’s true. I learned that while floating lol
Guy on the right talks so fast and unclear it would be beneficial to slow down 😊
Talking to fucking fast!!