S3/ E11/ PT2: Neuro ICU Nursing: Managing the Family
From Lights On: A NeuroMoms Collective Podcast · 24:43
Show by Erin Palmer, Amanda Ream
In Part 2 of our conversation with Neuro ICU nurse Erin Moreland Lambesis, Host Erin and Nurse Erin revisit the long walk to Dallas's operating room... and the unforgettable final instruction his mother gave the neurosurgeon. Hours later, Nurse Erin was among the first to learn that the surgical team had successfully resected Dallas's AVM, leading to a tearful celebration between nurse and mother. The conversation then turns to the relationship between ICU nurses and caregivers, including the fear, guilt, and exhaustion families carry at the bedside. Nurse Erin reminds caregivers that brain-injury recovery is a marathon and that eating, sleeping, or briefly stepping away does not mean abandoning the person they love. Sometimes the most important thing a nurse can give a family is guidance, grace, and permission to rest.
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