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Stick a fork in me, I'm done. It is SOOOO hard going in to the ICU. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and its getting closer. So the motivation factor is going to be a problem over the next 3 weeks. I would LOVE to take all that PTO that I'm going to lose and just call in for a couple of days. I am still waiting for the details on salary and when I leave for Phoenix. My nurse manager in the ICU took my resignation very well and even offered to let me stay hourly. I have not seen Lurch yet, but am going to try not to rub it in.... this is going to be a hard pill for him to swallow.
My current patient had a tree fall on him and had a fracture of one of his thoracic vertebrae (think upper back, just below the neck). The problem is fixing it is that the doctors have to do a frontal and rear approach to fuse this thing. How do you get to the front of the spine when its that high up???? Why do a thorocotomy of course!
This poor guy had a (controlled) thorocotomy and then a spinal fusion. OUCH! After the blood reaccumulated he had to go back to surgery to have a VATS procedure. He is completely awake while intubated, has to lay flat the whole time and is scared shitless.
8 more shifts..... I REALLY don't wanna go to work!
My current patient had a tree fall on him and had a fracture of one of his thoracic vertebrae (think upper back, just below the neck). The problem is fixing it is that the doctors have to do a frontal and rear approach to fuse this thing. How do you get to the front of the spine when its that high up???? Why do a thorocotomy of course!
This poor guy had a (controlled) thorocotomy and then a spinal fusion. OUCH! After the blood reaccumulated he had to go back to surgery to have a VATS procedure. He is completely awake while intubated, has to lay flat the whole time and is scared shitless.
8 more shifts..... I REALLY don't wanna go to work!
posted by jeepgirl at 16:36
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Its called "short-timer" sundrome.
oops...
Syndrome
Also known as FIGMO status, FIGMO standing for "[screw] it, got my orders."
When you come out to sunny Phoenix, drop an email and I'll buy you a drink. We can tell [your hospital name here] stories since I spent so much time there on that unit. Tell MA (assuming she's still the nurse manager) I said hello.
It's sort of like spring fever. huh?
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