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I really like to fix things.
I think this is why I'm a good nurse.
I don't just like to stabilize patients, chase blood pressures, bring heart rates into a safe range, help fix metabolic and respiratory imbalances in the body....I like it. A lot.
....but I also love making sure my patients are as clean as possible (as much as their stability will allow....). I love making sure that my patients have clean rooms, that the disgusting things that often get overlooked are clean, because....besides the fact that if I were that sick, I feel that it wouldn't make me feel any better to be staring at a room with clutter and mess, and I mean sometimes I walk into a room and the smell of the patient is just so terrible (to no fault of their own)...but I've learned in the past 1.5 yrs the importance in taking pride in my profession, taking pride in the way that my patients look, smell, the way that my room looks, my patients not getting skin breakdown, and providing diligent care, not cutting corners, ect.
Starting in Jan. I'll be working at University of Maryland Medical Center in their Surgical ICU. I'm sad/excited. I'm sad because I really love my co-workers at St. Agnes. Also, I know that the nursing care and the team that I work with is better at St. Agnes....I've learned so much, because besides learning my basic critical care skills, I've learned this standard of nursing care. St. Agnes, where it's not as fast paced as most ICUs has a LOT of experience there. Many of the nurses have been nurses for upwards of 20 years.
At UMMC I'll be an experienced nurse with just less than 2 years of experience....but I'll have sicker patients, I'll get the opportunity to learn SO much more...and rather than caring for both medical patients AND surgical patients...at maryland i'll be focusing on just surgical patients, which is what I prefer (mostly because they almost always offer me a better opportunity to learn).
So I'm scared and excited for my career change...I'm doing really well in school....and I love my profession.
I think this is why I'm a good nurse.
I don't just like to stabilize patients, chase blood pressures, bring heart rates into a safe range, help fix metabolic and respiratory imbalances in the body....I like it. A lot.
....but I also love making sure my patients are as clean as possible (as much as their stability will allow....). I love making sure that my patients have clean rooms, that the disgusting things that often get overlooked are clean, because....besides the fact that if I were that sick, I feel that it wouldn't make me feel any better to be staring at a room with clutter and mess, and I mean sometimes I walk into a room and the smell of the patient is just so terrible (to no fault of their own)...but I've learned in the past 1.5 yrs the importance in taking pride in my profession, taking pride in the way that my patients look, smell, the way that my room looks, my patients not getting skin breakdown, and providing diligent care, not cutting corners, ect.
Starting in Jan. I'll be working at University of Maryland Medical Center in their Surgical ICU. I'm sad/excited. I'm sad because I really love my co-workers at St. Agnes. Also, I know that the nursing care and the team that I work with is better at St. Agnes....I've learned so much, because besides learning my basic critical care skills, I've learned this standard of nursing care. St. Agnes, where it's not as fast paced as most ICUs has a LOT of experience there. Many of the nurses have been nurses for upwards of 20 years.
At UMMC I'll be an experienced nurse with just less than 2 years of experience....but I'll have sicker patients, I'll get the opportunity to learn SO much more...and rather than caring for both medical patients AND surgical patients...at maryland i'll be focusing on just surgical patients, which is what I prefer (mostly because they almost always offer me a better opportunity to learn).
So I'm scared and excited for my career change...I'm doing really well in school....and I love my profession.