dmorenoRN

Thank you so much for your advice, it is very helpful. My sister has epilepsy and used to have 8-9 hour critical grand mal seizures- the best nurses I've met do exactly what you said- they listened to our parents. Thanks for being one of them. I will be one too. They are most certainly one of the most important people on the care team, and some of the time they are an expert on their child's illness if it chronic and they have been dealing with it for years. I will never stop asking questions, learning, or viewing every opportunity to care for a child as an opportunity to deepen my knowledge and experience. To be honest, right now I feel no where ready for the adrenaline inducing cases. I have so much to learn and I realize that something as simple as a medication administration error can kill a medically unstable kiddo. I want to make sure I have dotted all my i's and crossed all my t's so I can truly care for my patients in the most caring, compassionate ways. I don't want to be a hindrance, but an asset and advocate. I look forward to embracing my emotions of it all and learning from every day. Thanks again!!

Dear Seasoned PICU nurses, I am about to start in the PICU at TCH in the Houston Medical Center as a new grad from UTHealth. I am very excited, yet humbled and frightened to begin this position. I will be orienting to acute care floors for about 20+ weeks. I have purchased the core curriculum for pediatric critical care and other various reads to delve into this summer before June 26th. What advice do you have: emotional, educational, mental, practical, and physical? Anything to help me mentally prepare for this would be amazing. I do appreciate you all so much and I would love to learn anything that you could possibly share with me.