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What did you find most surprising once you were out of the ICU?
Intensive Care (ICU) | Last Active: Dec 16, 2021 | Replies (107)Comment receiving replies
@annieb, I appreciate your starting this discussion and sharing your experience as a mother of a child who was in ICU as well as an ICU nurse practitioner. After your experience in PICU, do you feel you're able to help patients and families know what to expect with the transition out of ICU?
I'd also like to bring in others to this discussion, like @jasonrn @eileena @gloriajean @rckj @2011panc @seanne @marield65 and @rosemarya to share what they remember about transferring out of ICU to the hospital or home.
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@colleenyoung I definitely think our experience in the ICU helped me better understand the emotional exhaustion from the family perspective in a whole new light. When I went back to work, I felt like I could connect with my patient's loved ones on a different level. And it has really formed the way I counsel patients and family members about PICS.