Reflection On Intensive Care Unit

Intensive Care Unit Exemplar

This paper will discuss my personal experience in the intensive are unit (ICU) and the way it changed my perspective. I will explain my previous thoughts and negative views on this unit and how the rotation made a significant impact allowing me to understand the great work of ICU nurses. It is an important reflection, as I continue to discover my passions and the kind of nurse I aspired to be. I will also explain how necessary it is to incorporate the human-becoming theory when providing patient-care in order to meet the goals of the patients. I will examine the biblical worldview that is used when caring for others and how the light of God shines through the work of nurses.

My Previous Thoughts

When people talked about the intensive care unit I used to think that it was a place where only nurses who had many years in this career were accepted. I was intimated by the thought of this unit to the point that I used to always say that I would never become an ICU nurse. I also thought that I would never be capable to work in such demanding unit because I was not smart enough to care for patients who are in critical conditions. In my second semester of nursing school a nurse had told me that working in the ICU as a

They are in vulnerable conditions and all the VA ICU nurses have demonstrated that it is possible to make a significant impact on our patients’ lives. There are many patients that do not have hope and feel close to death, however the ICU nurses are able to bring hope and happiness to many patients. They demonstrate that their patients are their priority and care for them with dedication. I would love to be part of this unit someday because it is amazing to see how a patient can have dramatic improvements and also be there to hold the hands of those families and patients that cannot continue to