"Early in my nursing career, I was very fortunate to be part of a dynamic and hardworking critical care unit where we accomplished many great things with patients who were in dire need of care. My mind always goes back to a time when three young children were admitted into care following emergency surgery after a car accident. With varying injuries, all being complex and potentially life-threatening, seeing how a team of doctors, respiratory therapists, nurses, pharmacists, and physical therapists came together over the course of three weeks when all three were finally discharged was amazing. Being a recent graduate, I soaked in as much as I could from my precepting nurses and the physicians I supported and learned so much that I brought forward in my career and would bring to this team as your next oncology nurse. Getting a visit from the three siblings and their parents a month after their discharge, with handmade thank you cards and some treats for all the staff was such a heartwarming moment and one I will never forget."
