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A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse

The Nurse Break

Yes, as with any critical care specialty, we witness loss and grief, but we also see positivity and this makes our role so very rewarding. On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed.

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Journey into the Life of a Rescue Flight Nurse

The Nurse Break

The idea of combining my experience and skills in new and exciting environments outside of the traditional nursing role presented a fantastic opportunity. The best strategy is to prepare for the worst, hoping that it won’t happen, and have all the resuscitation equipment prepared prior to transporting the patient.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

That’s a whole different case than the new world we’re in now where resuscitation science and critical care has created a situation where people have all kinds of time to be that far away from the end and really contemplate it, and like Juliet is saying, adapt to it, deal with it, and be at the correct stage. I don’t know.

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