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Let me preface my remarks by saying that I started out on a busy Med/Surg floor with 7-11 and once 13 patients. So I know where you are coming from. I now work PICU and have worked Adult ICU as well as Burns ICU. The level of care is totally different and the things you need to know to care for a deteriorating or crashing patient you need to know them NOW so you can get to the business of saving them. It is stressful for the ICU nurse to get a patient who is not doing well. And you guys on the floor are very very busy and sometimes patients go bad quickly, I get it. I feel we all need to respect each other and be kinder to our colleagues. You never know what someone else is going through and to just assume we're in it together works for me. Shame on those who belittle their colleagues, wherever they work. One day it might be them on YOUR Med/Surg bed! Then how will they act??
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PS--have just completed several floats to Peds ER. I like PICU because I love seeing the progress with the child. In ER you go a great job but they are gone and lots of times you have no idea what happened down the road.
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Hi! I have worked PICU for 24 years. You will always learn something. Every day. And it's so exciting and rewarding. You will never be sad you decided to be a PICU Nurse. I must say that there are in some units a "proving yourself" period. Some of the nurses may be hard to deal with. They were downright nasty to me. But eventually they figured me out and were finally nice. Just smile and do a great job. Eventually they will see how great you are. Also my preceptor many years ago told me to put Mary Fran Hazinski's PICU book by my bed and read a chapter each night. It improved my knowledge base and confidence as I read about and began to understand the complex cases I was exposed to. I recommend you do the same. And Welcome to the PICU! I have worked in many areas other than PICU as a PRN person and also a Traveler (currently traveling in PICU) and have a great sense of pride and accomplishment in being a PICU Nurse. I know you will, too! Hope you choose PICU. :)