Slower pace nursing?

[CoconutNurse]

Good morning,

I have a question that I've been wondering about as I read through the posts here. I read a lot about hospital nursing and LTC nursing, but I don't see many nurses here that work in a different environment, such as working in a doctor's office, or school nurses or public nurses...the ones that do blood donation clinics...you must be out there somewhere. Also I'm wondering why you chose this kind of work over hospital or LTC.

Thanks--have a good day everyone.

Coco

[rogramjet]

Hi there,

I am wondering if you have a Master's degree? I would love to go into the education/non-bedside aspect of nursing - what opportunities are there for new grad BSNs?

No. I have a BA in Foreign Languages/International Business and my ADN. I have 7 years of experience with my own diabetes, and 2 years as an RN. I got lucky, my job opened up and I pushed my way through the door.

[estrogen]

Some of my friends from the days back in nursing school work in so called Ashley Houses. We had clinicals there too while in school. That is a chain of I think four houses here in Washington that provide a normal setting for children with severe illnesses/disabilities, that couldn't be cared for at home by parents (some just refused, but most can't due to the accuity). These houses are normal unmarked family homes in a normal suburban residential neighborhood with a living room, bed rooms and a yard. There are two to six children living in each of them. There is one to two nurses and one to two CNA's there 24/7. They do twelve hour shifts and aside of the medications and treatments, they just provide a life as normal as possible for these kids. They play with them, cook, watch TV, sit and watch them as they play out in the yard, take them shopping etc. Very un-stressfull but very emotionally demanding....

[gr8rnpjt, RN]

Hi CoCo,

I have been a nurse for 25 yrs. I worked only 10 years in a hospital setting, then I got into managed care and working for insurance companies. I have changed jobs a lot, (got laid off once), started up a local franchise for disease management, did presentations to hospital utilization review departments, then went into on site UR working on the units at local hospitals doing on site chart reviews for pts that were admitted. I did that for 5 years and due to health issues came back to the office. I don't mind the work, steady daylight weekends and holidays off, decent pay, (mid to upper 50's with experience in the location where I live). I did not like how I worried about people dying and getting sued when I worked in direct patient care. I don't like how nurses are taken for granted and made to work mandatory overtime in hospitals. When I was on site I heard a lot of nurses griping about their jobs. I know managed care is not for everyone. I am glad it is for me, because I dont go home worrying if mr so and so is going to die, and did i pass my 7's, and am I going to have to float to another unit tonight, will I be mandated in the morning. I like my job, I hope that you all can say the same. We all need to be somewhere that treats us like humans and pays us what we are worth.

Thanks for asking, Patti