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Thanks for all of your replies. And you're absolutely correct... A lot of the patients in my ICU are intubated and sedated... But for the ones that are not, they are consistently trying to crawl out of bed, they cant speak, they have some or both forms of aphasia and it can get pretty hectic in that sense. Whenever I walk thru the cardiac ICU I see patients just like you spoke of... Walking & talking... Seemingly very normal looking. Im looking forward to the change and to the challenge... We definitely don't watch pressures or rhythms as much as cardiac does so I have a lot to brush up on. Im excited :) Thank you again.

Hello everyone. Just as the title says I am switching from one ICU to another. I have 3 years of neuro ICU experience and I've recently made the choice to try something completely different. I wonder if anyone else here has done the same thing? Specifically I'm looking for advice on what to study up on. I'm going thru a mini residency/preceptorship. Since I'm an experienced ICU nurse it won't be as long as something a new grad gets. Any tips will be greatly appreciated :)