Shout out to my fellow burn nurses!

Hey, thanks for the shout out.

We have a 40-bed unit, usually split evenly between adults and peds. As far as I know, we only use duoderm on donor sites. Like someone mentioned above, we try to leave it on as long as humanly possible.

This was also my first job out of school, and I can't think of a better job.

Hello

And thank you to all of the burn nurses out there. I never even dreamed of doing BICU until about 1 week ago. I had a revalation. My brother-in-law is in the burn unit at TAMPA GENERAL. To hear about what the nurses do there is aweome. I have read all through the threads on this site. I have tried to find other info. but havn't really found anything else except for the book available that is mentioned on allnurses. It seem that all of the burn nurses say the same thing. They love it. It is rewarding, challenging, and hard work. It really makes you feel good when someone is able to walk out of the unit. I am struggling to find my home.. I want to go into a specialty and stay there. Be a part of the team and learn all that I can. From what I'm hearing this is possible with burn nursing???? I don't want to jump into anything. Currently I am PRN in the OR and part time with pediatric private duty (been doing this for 11 years). I have tried NICU and ER.
Didn't stay long at either. It seems that I really like one on one nursing. I know that I could shadow @ a burn unit. I don't know about you guys, but shadowing doesn't give you the whole picture of,
"Will I like this". So, any words of wisdom would be welcomed.. Thank you in advance. Thank you for all that you do.... You are all special people..