lgl525
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Depends upon your birth philosophy to some degree, too. Fairfax is huge, and will be bigger with the new hospital. Known as the "baby factory" -- which is a good thing to some and not to others. :)
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Thank you again. I agree, I won't know until I try, and I do think I will always wonder if I don't take the position. I guess I'm nervous because the other program that I'm passing up is (also) a pretty incredible academic opportunity. Very likely a one time offer... and this PICU is a children's only facility, so there isn't an internal transfer to adults or something totally different. I'll be there for at least a couple of years, though I assume I could move down in acuity if I needed to do so. I think I'm going to follow my heart and go for it. The other option is really just acting out of fear -- not a great way to make a choice. I appreciate your thoughts. :)
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Thank you, so much. I think you're right -- those kiddos close to my daughters' ages will be difficult. But I'll get through it and get to go home and feel extra fortunate as I give mine an extra hug. Thanks again. Appreciate the thoughts and insight from those who have been there!
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Thank you, so much. You're absolutely right. I feel like this is where my heart is. I appreciate your thoughts.
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Right, sorry, that's what I meant as pros and cons as well. Its very hard to tell from one tour and a few hrs shadowing how I'd feel every day. My heart loved it -- I'm just nervous. I suppose ability to switch is another question. Is there going back from peds nursing, should I find PICU not for me? Thanks.
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Yes, I have. Already listed pros and cons. I know what my heart says -- that isn't the question. :) My main question was what I can not answer for myself -- if there is a higher rate of emotional devastation amongst nurses who enter as parents or if it tends to work out okay.
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I'm deciding between a PICU and mixed adult ICU position. I feel like my heart is in the PICU -- a really incredible environment, the smartest and kindest care providers I have met. I loved it. I'm worried about not being able to handle it entering already a mother, however. Will it make me paranoid about my own children? Will it break me? I thought pretty hard about PICU/parenthood before even applying for this position. Reading that so many of the children recover and go home makes me feel as if it is possible to center things on that -- all the lives being saved. Adult ICU is not a happy place. Overall, kids often seem to recover amazingly well. I already feel extra fortunate for my healthy children after the small amount of time I have spent in the PICU -- there are of course a fair number of children with congenital issues or prematurity that have predisposed them to illness. I think I'm okay there. Its those children who were typically developing then suddenly became this ill, will they leave me constantly devastated/terrified? How do I know without taking this position? For any who entered already a parent, how was the transition? Do people do ok?
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I just graduated from MU. I essentially attended due to location, as the previous poster mentioned. I was happy with the experience. If you stay in this area, the MU name is well known and has a great reputation. Most of my cohort have done very very well on their job searches if they did well in school. If you leave the area, the school is not well known and the GW name would likely serve you far better.
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