Southern Luzon State University

College of Allied Medicine

Lucban, Quezon

Hizon, Dan Melton Anthony A.

BSN-4B

INTERVIEW AN ICU NURSE

Data of Nurse:

Name: Mikaela Pacheco

Hospital: Lucena United Doctors Hospital and Medical Center

Years being an ICU nurse: 3 years

Question and Answer:

1. What are your routines in the ICU?

Our usual day goes by taking VS, NVS, and other assessment every 30 mins, draining of
urine hourly, and assisting during doctor's rounds. Aside from those, we make refills for our
chart. At night, part of our routine is the morning care and changing of linens of each patient.
We also dont have an aide so all the paperworks such as the inventories, census, and
checking of machines are ours as well.

2. What do you think are the risks and benefits of being an ICU nurse?
Risk: More exposed to the patient, risk of burnout is high. Benefits: more learnings, more
exposure. Mas nagiging broad yung approach mo sa patient.

3. How did you become an ICU Nurse?

Honestly, hindi ko alam. All I know is that I did my job as a ward nurse. I take it seriously.
Siguro nakita nila na may potential. Mabilis naman kasi ang promotion lalo na at kulang tayo
sa manpower

4. Any tips or recommendation that may help us when we been assign in ICU
Pay attention. Have the initiative to learn.

5. Are there any nursing or critical care nursing professional organizations in which
you are a member? What exactly are they?
CCNAPI
6. What are the trainings that you need as ICU nurse and why these trainings
important?
ACLS, BLS, NIHSS certification. You will need these in order to care and assess your
patient properly.

7. When you're working as an ICU nurse, how do you deal with extreme pressure
situations? (Have you ever had to care for a critically ill patient that took up a lot of
your time? How did you handle this patient's care while maintaining the safety or
treatment of your other patients?)
Take it one step as a time. Focus on what needs to be done first. Then, move on.

Reflection:

As my groupmates interviewed Ms. Mikaela Pacheco, an alumni of College of

Allied Medicine at SLSU as was not present because my internet connection at that time was
not working. So this reflection should be a reflection on the video of my groupmates
interview with Ms. Mikaela Pacheco.

They ask Ms. Mikaela Pacheco question related to her experience on being a ICU
nurse. It was nice to hear from a ICU nurse to talk about it since she is exposed in the area. I
feel that she was a cool and nice person because when I was watching the interview she
allow my fellow groupmates to speak and it is also cool that she face my groupmates where
in she still where are PPE. It gives me that she is a very busy person.

I still regretting this opportunity that a miss because of my internet connection. I have
many things I would like to discuss with her because we are not knowledgeable. I find it
helpful that she gave us opportunities to talk to them. She provide information to use student
will be providing us motivation to strive more and be an excellent nurse someday

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