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What a nice story about keeping things simple. Also, damn, neonatology must be brutal to work in at times.

by isoprophlex 8y ago

taneq 8y ago
I could never work in a vet office, obstetrics, neonates, or early paediatrics. I don't know how people do it.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago
  Like everything else, it’s a job that you must emotionally separate yourself from to do it good.
- LeifCarrotson 8y ago
  Management of and varying response to compassion fatigue. There's a happy period where you're doing extremely fulfilling work, then a difficult time when you're distraught at your failures, then a complete indifference to suffering that you've normalized. Managing fatigue and stress in any job is extremely important, managing compassion fatigue is even more so.
- sambeau 8y ago
  I once asked the nurses in the intensive care ward, where my baby son was, why they didn't work with adults rather than children. Surely the heartbreak was hard to cope with? They said it was because children didn't know they were supposed to be ill so they didn't lie around moaning like adults did—as soon as they felt a little better they would jump up and go and play with their toys. It was much more satisfying having patients who (if they got better) you saw go from coma to running around again full of joy.
tmd83 8y ago
Yes, I cannot imagine how people work in some of these fields. A lot of the pediatric specialization comes to mind also like oncology, cardiology. That some people can and do take the burden is the reason lots of those kids get to live.
saghul 8y ago
My mom worked in the neonatology ICU for years, and while every once in a while there was a tragedy which made her very upset, not many bad (and unexpected) things happen these says. It's a very rewarding job, as you help start a life. Alas this can only be said about the first world. In less developed parts of our world this would be the complete opposite I imagine.

What a nice story about keeping things simple. Also, damn, neonatology must be brutal to work in at times.

taneq 8y ago

I could never work in a vet office, obstetrics, neonates, or early paediatrics. I don't know how people do it.

qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago
Like everything else, it’s a job that you must emotionally separate yourself from to do it good.
LeifCarrotson 8y ago
Management of and varying response to compassion fatigue. There's a happy period where you're doing extremely fulfilling work, then a difficult time when you're distraught at your failures, then a complete indifference to suffering that you've normalized. Managing fatigue and stress in any job is extremely important, managing compassion fatigue is even more so.
sambeau 8y ago
I once asked the nurses in the intensive care ward, where my baby son was, why they didn't work with adults rather than children. Surely the heartbreak was hard to cope with? They said it was because children didn't know they were supposed to be ill so they didn't lie around moaning like adults did—as soon as they felt a little better they would jump up and go and play with their toys. It was much more satisfying having patients who (if they got better) you saw go from coma to running around again full of joy.

tmd83 8y ago

Yes, I cannot imagine how people work in some of these fields. A lot of the pediatric specialization comes to mind also like oncology, cardiology. That some people can and do take the burden is the reason lots of those kids get to live.

saghul 8y ago

My mom worked in the neonatology ICU for years, and while every once in a while there was a tragedy which made her very upset, not many bad (and unexpected) things happen these says. It's a very rewarding job, as you help start a life. Alas this can only be said about the first world. In less developed parts of our world this would be the complete opposite I imagine.