Tag: ICU
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Moral Distress in the ICU: Can you avoid it?
There is no doubt that working in the ICU can be a source of moral distress. I’ve been spending the last few months doing hospice home care and I’ve been thinking about going back to the hospital for various reasons. The last time I worked as a nurse in the ICU was the summer of…
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Surprise! I love being a nurse again.
Having trouble keeping up with my love-hate relationship with nursing? That’s okay, so am I. The good news is that I love it again. I’m almost halfway through my MICU contract and things are going surprisingly well. They didn’t quite start out that way. Here’s a synopsis: Week 1: In the weeds. All the time.…
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Do ICU Nurses Really Have Autonomy?
So today I have an interview at another great hospital in my city, the mental hospital. I’ve spent a lot of time there as a student and was convinced I wanted to do psych nursing. Somewhere along the way I was on monster.com and noticed that Nurse Anesthetists make 100K/year. I also noticed that you…
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Sick as Snot (or Not)
Last year I was talking to this doctor while I was still in nursing school and contemplating working in the MICU. “Those patients are sick as snot,” she said. I love that expression. It really paints a picture. I’m here to tell you, though, that it’s not entirely true. There is one night nurse in…