Which nursing field gets the best job satisfaction?

Nurses General Nursing

Published

Hi Everyone!

I'm a nursing student in my very last semester. I am currently precepting in the DOU (step-down ICU). I get to see all of the critical patients. It is full-care where each RN is assigned three patients (there are only RNs on this unit). So, although they are all heavy patients, it is manageable with just three. Just a tidbit on me.....

Anyways, as an upcoming new grad RN, I would like to stay in nursing for a long time. I do have my preferences on departments to work in. However, I was really curious on which nursing field (med/surg, PEDS, OB, OR, ER, etc....) gets the best job satisfaction and why?

Thanks!!

joli

she sent to work for an insurance company as in she quit nursing all together? what a waste of an educatioin :uhoh21:

Insurance companies have nurses on staff to review medical records, etc. Still nursing but just naother focus. But you still need to have bedside experience to do this. Not something for a new graduate who doesn't want patient care areas.

I admit I have it good right now in Mom / Baby through my agency - the hospitals I work in love me so I rarely get really bad assignments, I never ever have to attend mandatory unit meetings or worry about unit politics, I can get vacation time (well, unpaid, but time off, at least) any time I want, I choose my hours and shifts, and I don't do NICU or L&D so I rarely have any rel sickies. I can't say I miss med-surg at all, between the endless tubes and lines, treatments, bowel preps, and so on. This is about as low stress as it gets! But it took me fifteen years to get here...

It's not the specialty, it's the job. Supportive, competent and positive manager and colleagues will make almost anything doable. In my hospital, everyone from the housekeepers up feels like they are getting "screwed" and everyone's angry. My manager was great but seems to have gone to the dark side. I think she was getting pressure from above for being too accommodating to staff, plus she's burned out after a year and a half. Sadly, this is nursing and I don't know how to tell you to find a job where you wil be supported and fulfilled.

Insurance companies have nurses on staff to review medical records, etc. Still nursing but just naother focus. But you still need to have bedside experience to do this. Not something for a new graduate who doesn't want patient care areas.

how do you look for these kind of jobs and is there a name for nurses who work for the insurance companies?

Usually newspaper ads or by word of mouth. Remember that they usually want three to five years of experience for many of these positions.

I wouldn't necessarily call it that. Plenty of nurses work for insurance companies, and you need nursing knowledge for the job. As long as they're happy...better than doing a floor job job or something else you hate. :)

My thoughts exactly...just because someone opts not to go for bedside nursing means that nursing school is a waste. Personally, I think that knowing that insurance companies actually have nurses on their staff makes me feel better than if they have no medical staff at all.

Also education is never a waste!

Kris

how do you look for these kind of jobs and is there a name for nurses who work for the insurance companies?

Working in insurance companies is probably one of the most BORING of jobs! I have known several nurses who have gone that route and have come back to the hospital setting (or at least the outpatient one) because insurance is so deadly boring!

really? what dont you like about L&D and WHAT IS L&D? :uhoh21:

L&D = labor and delivery

+ Add a Comment