If you love your job, what is your speciality?

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For those that just love your job and wake up happy to go to work, what is your speciality? Have long have you been in it? What other areas have you worked before you found your niche?

Weekend wound care in LTC

Love the autonomy of working at my own pace

Love weekends cause I a have m-f to do as i please or pick up extra hrs if needed

Love LTC because I get to know my people and form relationships with them

I tried med-surg before this and HATED it

been there faithfully every weekend for 2 years and havent felt the first inkling of burnout!!

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What do you do in this type of job?

Informatics. And I'm so freaking happy that sometimes I almost have to pinch myself to make sure I'm awake. I'm not even kidding.

Who did I make puke?

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Public health nursing, working with foster kids in the 0-5 age range. Previously did bedside nursing in a peds hospital.

I love kids, love to learn, and love to teach, all of which are important parts of my job.

What types of things do you do? Your post has me intrigued :)

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Specializes in pediatrics, public health.
What types of things do you do? Your post has me intrigued :)

I carry a caseload of about 80 foster kids. My job, broadly defined, is to make sure that the health care needs of the kids on my caseload are being met. As they enter the system, that includes getting copies of their medical records, reviewing them, and summarizing them for the child welfare workers, and identifying any health issues or needs that the child may have. If they do have any kind of medical condition, I get to educate myself about the condition first, then the CWW, and then the caregiver (generally in a home visit).

For example, if a kid has a diagnosis of asthma, I find out what meds they're on, and teach the caregiver about asthma and when to give which meds (typically the child will be on a controller, that they need to get every day even if they're asymptomatic, and also a rescue medication for when they're having symptoms).

I also make sure they're up to date on their well child exams and immunizations. Sometimes this just means making reminder calls to the caregiver, and periodically getting updated medical records.

If they change placements from one foster home to another, I make sure the new caregiver is aware of the child's medical history, and help them find doctors and dentists who take Medi-Cal (California's version of MedicAid). If there's a referral to a specialist I make sure that's followed up on.

There's more but I think that gives you a sense. It's a cool job and I feel incredibly blessed to have it!

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Hospice (RN Case Manager).

Would trade the autonomy and job satisfaction for anything!

This is what I want to do, Hospice and/or Oncology. I hope I am able to join your ranks. Be blessed...

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That sounds so wonderful! How did u get such an incredible job?

I carry a caseload of about 80 foster kids. My job, broadly defined, is to make sure that the health care needs of the kids on my caseload are being met. As they enter the system, that includes getting copies of their medical records, reviewing them, and summarizing them for the child welfare workers, and identifying any health issues or needs that the child may have. If they do have any kind of medical condition, I get to educate myself about the condition first, then the CWW, and then the caregiver (generally in a home visit).

For example, if a kid has a diagnosis of asthma, I find out what meds they're on, and teach the caregiver about asthma and when to give which meds (typically the child will be on a controller, that they need to get every day even if they're asymptomatic, and also a rescue medication for when they're having symptoms).

I also make sure they're up to date on their well child exams and immunizations. Sometimes this just means making reminder calls to the caregiver, and periodically getting updated medical records.

If they change placements from one foster home to another, I make sure the new caregiver is aware of the child's medical history, and help them find doctors and dentists who take Medi-Cal (California's version of MedicAid). If there's a referral to a specialist I make sure that's followed up on.

There's more but I think that gives you a sense. It's a cool job and I feel incredibly blessed to have it!

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Specializes in pediatrics, public health.
That sounds so wonderful! How did u get such an incredible job?

Spent months applying for every PHN job within a 1 hour driving radius of where I live -- would've taken pretty much any PHN job, but was especially interested in any involving working with kids. Got lucky, got an interview, got the job. My previous inpatient peds experience was a definite plus and helped me get the job.

Am hoping to keep this job till retirement 13-ish years from now, but I realize you never know what's going to happen.

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Specializes in CVICU.

A couple of people asked about Informatics. I'm sure rninformatics over in those specialty forums can explain it better than I can because I'm still very new in the field, but the primary focus of my job right now is getting my facility and our physicians ready for the CPOE rollout that we're implementing. I'm also involved in other aspects of the technology and software tools that the hospital uses to gather data and provide safe patient care.

Day to day, I go to a lot of meetings to discuss and plan and update on our projects. I work on developing training to use the tools, and work with the IS department on guiding them to build things the way clinicians will want to use them.

There's so much more than that, but that's the basics. Before I was a nurse, I was a lifelong computer geek, so it's like winning the Lotto for me to be in a job like this.

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Specializes in NICU, previously Mother baby.

Mother baby. Been working there over 1.5 years... Love, love, love it! :redpinkhe

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Nurse Educator for Surgical Services...and I have to say I love what I do!!!

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I do not love my actual job. it's VERY stressful, understaffed most of the time (but staffed per the numbers the acuity call for by hospital), the patient's require a lot of attention and needs, pulling you in up to 5-6 directions at one time... HOWEVER, the reason I like my job is because I have a great management team! They are available whenever needed, are great with scheduling, and I know they have my back if I need them. That's why I like my current job.

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Public Health- love the hours, autonomy, teaching and variety. I do clinics (std and Immunizations) teach in the schools for both students and staff and do community outreach and education. Backround is 23 years as a nurse aid, 3 years bedside nursing in hospital (as a float nurse) and 3 years LTC nurse manager. I have been at this job for 14 years now and love it.

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