title: Candidly critical: real-life critical care nursing, part 2.
abstract: This is the second in a series of articles depicting real-life situations in critical care nursing. This discusses one nurse's journey with a friend who developed idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Associates, PSC, 3101 Breckinridge Lane, Suite 1A, Louisville, KY 40220, USA. samheavrin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heavrin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy