NurseKatFish

just a nurse, trying to survive. I ❤️ all things critical care. These tweets are mine. 🧠

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

& for my final act of self love: somehow the universe lined up my granted date with my last shift. Now I have the ability to practice my favorite kind of goodbye. The Irish kind. 🫶🏻

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

I’ll probably never understand doctors who act like it’s a burden to be a provider. God gave you the brains and the hands to heal and yet you act like it’s the most annoying thing on the planet to be able to care for others. Makes me sad.

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Well SICU the past 2 years have been… ✨fun✨ back to the ED I go. 🥂🎉

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Not me interviewing at a different facility and realizing the grass is greener on the other side because there are places who water the grass the best they can instead of letting it be all dry and brown. 😅

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Applying for jobs when you actually have some experience and credentials behind your name is much better than applying as a new grad not even knowing where to start. 😅

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

My BIL matched internal medicine at the same hospital I work at! So excited. After years of being away from home completing med school he will be back home for residency! Also we took a “medical” family pic and there’s 75% of the family in it. 🤣 we said “school loans” on 3! 📸

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Quick question: did we all become nurses because we all have some sort of trauma? At least ICU nurses or any critical care nurse really? 4 of us talked yesterday about parent trauma, relationship trauma, friendship trauma or all 3. I’m like oh. Is that why we’re all here? 😂😳

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

😂

[Clement Lee, MD, MSc @ClementLeeMD]

no one:

ortho notes:

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Well, my patient actually had malignant hyperthermia and you know what… that shit is just as wild as the mock inservices teach you that it is.

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Got pulled to ED yesterday. I come from the ED but when I moved to the ICU I moved to a much bigger hospital. Level 3 trauma to level 1. I was humbled within the first 5 min. Those ED nurses really kick a**! 👏🏼

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

@CaseRNCutie It’s the consistency for me. Like, no this is who you really are as a nurse. 🫣

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

I get it’s a 24/7 job however, following the same people who always leave you a mess regardless if it’s a fresh trauma or a tele transfer patient really drive me insane. 🫣

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Everyday I’m happy I stuck it out in the SICU. Those first six months handed me my ass and I wanted to quit. Fast forward 1.5 more years and I am thankful for where I am. Thankful I did not give up. 🫶🏻

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

@ModerateFERN This is fair! I truly hope to never lose the level of curiosity I have. It’s helped me learn so much and I hope to continue to learn while also being able to appreciate how far I have come and how much my knowledge base has grown.

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

I’ve been a nurse for 2 years now.
I should probably get off the “newgradkat” name.
But, will I ever not feel like a new grad?
Anyways here’s how work is going 🤯😅

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

@ModerateFERN Ah! Makes sense I started ED and was considering going back there PRN. I don’t want to leave SICU I enjoy it. So maybe the combo of ED & SICU would help. Shadowing is a great idea!

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

Does anyone work PRN PACU? Pros? Cons? I’ve been in SICU for over a year now and just looking for a PRN that’s “different” but the same. 😂

[You’re So Tachy, BSN, RN🫀❤️ @DiprivanDarling]

girl talk at the nurses station at 0300 is honestly so refreshing.

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

I know this is probably the wildest thing to say… but I’ve been in the ICU for over a year now… and everything in my soul is telling me to go back to the ED. I miss it so much. 🙁

[NurseKatFish @NewGradKat]

@The_Pars 6 months!