What do you listen to while you work?
Well we aren’t allowed to play music in the nurses station. That is fine with me because I don’t want to risk listening to someone else’s music that I don’t like. It’s a distraction. I need to focus. My department is fast paced. We prepare patients for surgery. As a pre-op nurse I review patients charts and medical history with them, create a care plan, do a physical assessment, give medications and place an IV. Some of these people are really sick and most of them are afraid. They need a quiet place. I always have music playing in my head though. I listen to music in the car on the way to work. Music that makes me feel good, energetic and positive. I also listen to music with my airpods when I’m walking into the hospital to embrace my final moments of freedom.
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