 Hi guys, so I wanted to do a quick update video for you guys on my last six months in the ICU. Um, I know I'm kind of in a weird filming spot and that's because my lodger machine's going And I'm in my bedroom because it's really loud and this is the only good natural lighting spot in my room So I'm sorry if the backdrop is like awkward But anyway, so I can't believe that I've been in ICU for six months. It's actually six months as of sunday So tomorrow, um, and I'm actually working on my six months ICU Aversary whatever you want to call it and it's just crazy to look back and like see how much I've grown Um, I grew I grew so much in my first year of nursing and I feel like I've grown Just as much in these past six months and I know I say that a lot And I don't really know how to get put it in perspective other than just like I feel like my Knowledge base is bigger. I feel like my communication skills with patients family members physicians is bigger I feel like my um confidence level and my comfort ability if that's a word is just greater And I just am proud of how far I've come. I just actually had my yearly evaluation With my manager This past week and even though I haven't been working a year They do their yearly evaluations starting like in january ish, which actually turns into more february march ish Anyways, and my manager basically said that I'm doing super super well and she's excited to see like where I'll be at the end of 2017 because I've just grown so much in my first six months and um, she said that for being New to icu and only being six months in that I am stronger Um than most people are at their six month mark in the icu So that was really encouraging to hear and exciting and I just you know I just feel really happy where I'm at and I get a lot of people that ask me like What are my future plans that I've made videos on this and at this point? I'm just happy with where I'm at. I love my job. I love the people I work with well, you know Most of them there's always some bad apples, but I just love what I'm doing and I'm happy with it for now I'm still learning so much and still growing so much and I don't want to make any changes at this point as far as a different career path Or a different field or going back to school or anything like that So those are my plans at this point is just to stay in the icu and um, who knows what the future holds So I wanted to do a quick update for you guys I know I haven't one done one in a while and I want to hear where you guys are at So are you in school? Are you working already? Are you going back to school to be a nurse practitioner? Are you in high school or do you just want to be a nurse? Do you have a friend that's a nurse? Whatever your story is I want to hear it in the comments below So give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys next time. Bye