Originally Posted by HopeToBeANurseSoon
i would think if you are in the ICU you are pretty sick so you would not care adult v.s. child
Not really...as a student nurse, one of my patients in the PICU was a 17 y/o diabetic S/P DKA. He was on the tail end of partial parenteral nutrition, and aside from the PIVs and hospital gown, he looked and felt fine. he hated being among the little kiddies.
I agree with Gooey. But I think a lot of it has to do with teenager's desire to establish themselves as mature, grown up-ish. "I'm not a kid anymore! Hmmph!" comes to mind. Sort of the same reasons they'd rather walk to school then be seen being dropped off by mom, or would rather get $50 from dad to get some school clothes rather than do the shopping with him, yk?
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