Loving It!!!

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Specializes in Pediatric critical care.

Okay so I'm like a month and maybe one week in, and I absolutely love my job! The kids are just wonderful, and they are just so beautiful. The kids are such a strong force, and I love it when they are extubated and are actually able to cry because they want to be held (even though after a while its a little aggravating). PICU is just a beautiful place to be, its like the kids have my heart. I come home thinking about them, and just smile. Working in PICU and taking care of the kids has made me a more positive person. Although in this past month, we have already lost a few, I do not feel as if it is as emotionally straining as I thought it would have been. Don't get me wrong, PICU can be a very sad place and I have cried, many of us have, however, with all the support that is given, I am able to get through the motions. There is already a little baby who I have absolutely fallen in love with, and his parents hadn't come or called for the first two/three days he was there, and I was saying that I was going to adopt him. I meant it! Everyday I'm at work, I make sure to go into his room and check on him, and today he was just amazing. There is also another little stinker who was very playful when I first got there, and today when I went in his room I was talking to his mother while fighting back the tears of just looking at him now. I don't think I could have been placed in a better unit. PICU has my heart :heartbeat I just wanted to share with you all my feelings about PICU.:cry:

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

I think I could say I told you so! I'm so glad you're loving it. Our kids need and deserve care from people who really want to be there. One word of caution though about taking all those little ones home with you... if you were actually able to do it, your house would be too small in no time!! (I wouldn't need grandchildren if I could figure out a way to keep some of my little gaffers nearby.)

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Specializes in peds critical care, peds GI, peds ED.

What wonderful, encouraging words. I hope you never loose your passion. You are the kind of person that will give nursing an excellent reputation for being a caring profession.

Keep the kids at your center and you will never stray from your purpose.

Godspeed

:nurse:

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Specializes in Pediatric critical care.
What wonderful, encouraging words. I hope you never loose your passion. You are the kind of person that will give nursing an excellent reputation for being a caring profession.

Keep the kids at your center and you will never stray from your purpose.

Godspeed

:nurse:

Thank you. I read your post. I swear, its the kids that get me through. My unit is rotating shifts as well, and I have been so depressed and I find myself crying for no reason at times. The ladies are always bad talking each other, but I just walk away from that kind of stuff. I don't like drama, and I know especially being the "new girl" if I were to let myself get engaged in that, then I would be the bad one, and I am just trying to keep a positive work environment for myself (plus I think the kids can feel tension and they don't need that). However, there has been a time or two when I had to put someone in their place but in a professional manner, I mean, some nurses are just really mean people and they don't have a care in the world and I hate that. For me, at the end of the day it is truly about the kids. I'm not unhappy in my unit, but I really do just keep my distance from everyone. Good luck

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