Ckh003

Hello! I have been a nurse for a little over 3 years now and my whole career I have been working at an acute care rehab. We are mostly neuro but sometimes have an ortho, cardiac, or respiratory patient here or there. We take very sick patients often right from the ICU and they stay until they can be sent to a subacute rehab or even home. Anyway, I started there because I worked there through school and ended up staying because I had a baby early this year and they worked with my schedule. But now I would really like to expand my career. I have been thinking about trying to get into ICU nursing. I have my BSN and have my ACLS already. I like a challenge. And I like the idea of having 2 patients that I can take thorough care of. Right now when I am on the floor I usually have 6-9 patients depending on staffing. I never can dedicate the time I would like to each individual patient and their family. I also have leadership experience as charge nurse and fill in supervisor on weekends/holidays as needed. I would love love to hear from some ICU nurses. Hear some pros and cons of the position and some ways I could prepare myself if I chose to take this route. Tips and tricks all welcome!