NEURO ICU

Lose your skills???? Who says that? No one who has ever worked in a neuro unit!!

You will gain amazing assessment abilities, learn to anticipate what it means if BP is rising, nurture entire families thru difficult times.

And there will still be all the 'usual' stuff - IV's, NG tubes, every manner of care.

Best wishes!

Merlee was right. You will gain amazing assessment skills. We do it all in the neuro icu.

I did an ICU internship right out of nursing school. I rotated through all of the ICU's, but did the majority of my internship in the neuro ICU. I agree with the others that whoever told you that you would "lose your skills" could NOT be more wrong! What in the world are they talking about?! You will be one of the most skilled nurses in the hospital after you have worked neuro ICU for a couple of years. Choosing between general surgery and neuro ICU is a no brainer in my opinion. Go for the ICU position.

My daughter is valedictorian of her nursing class, did a summer internship and has accepted a job at the Mayo Clinic- her choice of specialty? Neuro ICU. There isn't a better place to be- you should be very proud to be offered a position there!!!

Ya I agree with what everyone here has said. It will be just the opposite as you say. You will actually gain a lot of skills. I work in a Surgical-Trauma ICU, and we get all of the neurosurgery patients. A lot of traumas end up having brain injury, while at the same time brain surgery falls under surgery. So I see both trauma related injury to just your tumors, strokes, and so on. I'm sure in your Neuro ICU you will see a lot of head injuries related to trauma and the so forth.