ICU’s my favourite out of all my clinical placements. It was quite daunting at first because we were going to deal with people in critical condition and I was very scared to cause them harm. There was a lot of information that we had to deal with as well. The obs charts were huge and there’s so much more information there than the ones you find in other wards. It was vital that we pick out the information that we need and use a system to get such information, otherwise it will take a really long time to do so. Also, the patients had a lot of attachments, which just added to my anxiety as I did not want to be pulling any of those out. But as time went by, I got used to dealing with those things and realised that I actually enjoyed ICU. I learned something everyday and applied these straight away. The physios, nurses, doctors and PCAs were very friendly and willing to help. I had the change to watch an endoscopy/biopsy, intubation/tracheostomy and CABG. I also learned that even though the patients may not be alert all the time, it is still important to constantly communicate with them about the treatment and assessment among other things.
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ICU was great. I too found it very daunting to begin as your exposed to a whole different aspect of patient care. Although it doesnt optimally prepare you for the PCR I thought it was a great placement and thoroughly recommend it to any students. I thought the supervisors were great. The small case load really allows you to understand your patients history.
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