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Worth reading. I have been at the level of burnout this physician is talking about, and luckily I was able to escape it and rediscover my joy for medicine, but I worry about new trainees and aging physicians. After 2 years of pandemic surges and political shenanigans affecting our already strained healthcare system, will these folks ever be able to recover that joy?
So as part of our clinical ladder in the PICU we have to get Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Certification to take care of level one trauma patients. I went to the class this week and I was super nervous because the information was mostly adult ER and not my expertise at all. I read the book and studied but I was freaked at the end of the second day when I took the 50 question written exam and then performed a clinical simulation.
At the end of the simulation I went to give the instructors my simulation scoring packet and see if I passed (you had to pass both sections with fairly high marks to be certified) and the ladies picked up my test and started whispering to each other and looking at it. I immediately thought I had failed!! The other woman motioned me closer and I prepared for the worst. Then she said, “based on your performance in the simulation check off and the exam you have been marked as someone who could become an instructor of a TNCC class. Does that interest you?” I was shocked but I never say no to new chances and experiences! Here’s to new things, followers!
