Name of Mentors Nicole Semon friend of church member Ellen Byrd friend from church Who comes to the SICU People who are recovering from emergency surgery after being admitted to the hospital after a serious injury or have fallen seriously ill in a short time ID: 787904
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Mentor Experience
Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
Slide2Name of Mentors
Nicole Semon: friend of church member
Ellen Byrd: friend from church
Slide3Who comes to the SICU?
People who are recovering from emergency surgery after being admitted to the hospital after a serious injury or have fallen seriously ill in a short time.
Slide4Structure of the SICU
2 rooms per nurse
Information desk at each pod
Computer between each room
3 pods in total at SICU
Slide5What do patient rooms look like?
Bed is diagonal in the room and hooked up to a tower in the back corner of the room
Medical supply station in front corner of room
Sink with toilet underneath is opposite to the tower
Privacy curtain covering the sliding glass door
Slide6Who works there?
Surgeons
Dietitians
X-ray technicians
Nurses
Nurses aids
Environmental services
Lift team
Slide7How do people communicate in the SICU?
Written: computer/charting, notes, tube
Oral: shift change reports
Slide8Common Daily Activities
Charting
Hanging medications
Checking blood sugars
Making sure patients are comfortable
Answering questions for families
Attending to emergencies
And more charting!
Slide9Favorite Moments in the SICU
Seeing postmortem care and going to the morgue
Watching a person with eight chest tubes
Wow!
Watching a person with a brain
cathiter
Slide10Least Favorite Moments in the SICU
Watching a hog enema be administered
Watching N-G tube be put in a unwilling patient
Watching two patients die
Slide11What was the most surprising thing?
H
ow much charting was done for each patient
How families were not very helpful
How sedated most patients were
Slide12What was the most difficult part of the job?
Charting!
Talking to patient’s families
Slide13Would you ever go back?
Yes! I absolutely loved the SICU because of the intense situations and the lack of communication that had to be done with the patient because they were sedated.
Slide14What was your favorite job in the SICU?
Nurse! They were the most interactive with the progress of the patient’s recovery.
Slide15Who would you like to mentor next time?
Next time I would like to mentor a surgeon because I realized that I can handle “gory” situations.