Category: Nursing

  • Nights in the ICU

    Nights in the ICU

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    Teryn Warnke
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    Beeep. Beeep. Beeep. The alarm on the alaris pump is going off. Line occlusion. Bingg. Bingg. Bingg. The cardiac monitor is alarming. Low saturations. Bop. Bop. Bop. The ventilator is alarming. High circuit pressure. The doctor is bellowing out orders: “I want an x-ray, art line, and central line. And add in covid serology, ICU…

  • Hope

    Hope

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    Teryn Warnke
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    It’s been a busy year as a single mama (and I’ll write more about those adventures later). So many things have changed, not the least of these being going back to work, starting a new full time job in a new OR, enduring sleepless nights with a baby that hates sleep (and continues to, to…