HATE Peds Nursing??

canned_bread · Jul 13, 2012

All jobs have positives and negatives. I have crap days, I have fantastic days. I whine a lot, because there is a lot to whine about. I go back because there is a lot to smile about.

Adults whine and complain, kids play and are cute. :)

I don't think there is any other job that could challenge me as much, scare me as much, excite me as much, give me bursts of love and emotion when I see certain clients...

I do not hate nursing. Hate is an awfully strong word, and if someone HATES it, get out and do something else! Life is to short, and with a nursing certificate if you look long and hard enough the world is your oyster!

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2012

I love being a peds nurse. When I got to the point of hating my job (at a Children's Hospital- absolutely nothing to do with the kids and everything to do with the toxic environment of the institution), I started looking for a new job. Now I work part time as a school nurse and part-time doing home care/case management. Life is good again.

NeoPediRN · Jul 14, 2012

Kel, was this TMC or CHB that you found toxic? JW because I've experienced both and have a few opinions of my own.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2012

Kel, was this TMC or CHB that you found toxic? JW because I've experienced both and have a few opinions of my own.

Ding! We have a winner. I live in Boston, so I'll let you guess which one I'm talking about. But did you know it's now called "BCH"? I groan every time I have to call that place and someone answers the phone that way...

NeoPediRN · Jul 18, 2012

LOL Kel, they reinvent the wheel often over there. Are you working in community hospital peds now?

PediLove2147, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2012

NeoPediRN, how did you like TMC? I have heard opinions regarding BCH (haha) but not too much on TMC.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Jul 20, 2012

LOL Kel, they reinvent the wheel often over there. Are you working in community hospital peds now?

Nah, I got out of the hospital all together. Doing home care/case management and 2 days/week at a boarding school.

NeoPediRN · Jul 21, 2012

PediLove, I LOVE their NICU. The kids we get from there are well cared for, the NICU transport nurses are organized and give great reports. The kiddos come medicated and the lines/tubes are clean and neat. I don't find the same from the floor or the PICU, because those areas are SO short on nurses...I did a transport with a kiddo to their floor (who I strongly felt belonged in the PICU), and the nurse who admitted him had 6 other patients and 2 admissions at once back-to-back. Dangerous.

juliachloe · Jul 24, 2012

In a female-dominated field you are almost guaranteed to experience some kind of .... crankiness. We are emotional beings and we tend to vocalize our thoughts moreso than the majority of men. Of course I'm generalizing, but when we have a problem with something, even if it is a small one, we tend to voice it to one another. Unfortunately ruminating on the negative aspects of our jobs only makes it seem worse.

I have experienced burn-out. Not from my job but everything that went with my job (management, politics, doctors, equipment, supplies, etc.). I have complained. I have tried jumping to other hospitals. I have considered changing departments. But the only thing that has worked is to adjust my own attitude. We contribute to your own happiness and if we choose to focus on how awful our job is then our job will be awful.

Bottom line is, do not allow others and their negative opinions modify your goal/dream. You can still be happy with the field you you choose, even if others aren't. Sometimes trying a new hospital makes it easier, and sometimes it doesn't. One thing I've learned is that no matter where you work, whether a hospital or law firm, negativity exists there. Changing your career will not change that.