Clarian Nursing

One of the things I love about working on Neuro Critical Care at Methodist is our TEAM WORK. My co-workers are always there to help out and especially in a pinch. A few weeks ago I was asked to take a patient that had just come in that day. It was my first day back after being off for a few days and sometimes you just want to have a nice “even keel” night. Well this patient starting having high heart rates then high blood pressures and finally a change in their neuro status.

Luckily for me one of the attending ICU docs was just outside the room. I was able to get him in there quickly and from there it all went “full speed ahead.” We decided to intubate the patient, put in a central line and an arterial line besides slamming in blood products... and this was happening ALL AT THE SAME TIME! Thank goodness for all my teammates because they were all in there helping and if they weren’t they were checking on my other patient.

Even with 22 years experience you can feel like a fish flopping on dry land when these things happen. Team work and a good working relationship with your co-workers are some of the most important aspects of nursing. I love my co-workers... Thank God for them all.

Happy Nursing

Teri

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