what is the most adrenaline pumping job

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ello all,

I am a 20 y/o pn nursing student, I will graduate in december. In your opinion what is the best area for me, I am interested in high octane, adrenaline pumping work, an area that when i leave work that morning/night i feel like i really made a difference in that pts life, during that critical moment. Granted i know that i will have to continue on to become an RN to do probably most of what im mentioning but what areas give you that adrenaline?, nursing homes are such a bore to me. -_- any help would be appreciated.........

Specializes in icu/er.

rarely are you going to find a job that is complete balls to the wall everyday you clock in no matter what unit you get in. most likley you'll have periods of mundane charting, room stocking and routine care interupted by episodes of almost complete panic and confusion. but i'd prolly stick to icu and er care settings.

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good thread

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
rarely are you going to find a job that is complete balls to the wall everyday you clock in no matter what unit you get in. most likley you'll have periods of mundane charting, room stocking and routine care interupted by episodes of almost complete panic and confusion. but i'd prolly stick to icu and er care settings.

*** when you say "almost complete panic and confusion" i assume you are referring to patients and / or their families.

i work in a large trauma center and critical care transport (air & ground) and any rn or other staff who panics during what is for us a routine crashing / dying patient case is quickly encourage to seek employment elsewhere. no panicking among staff is tolerable. the few times i have seen it among new staff we were all deeply embarrassed for them.

never in my career have i ever seen a patient benefit from his physician or nurse panicking.

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Specializes in icu/er.

well i dont work at a big truama center with plenty of staff and residents at my side that can take over where my skills stop. many, many times there is only a fnp in the whole stinkin hospital muchless a doc. so its you and the other er nurse and if the pager that the resp tech has works maybe theyll get to the er in about 5-10min. so to say i have never had my spincter tight in my short nursing career is not true. there is nothin wrong with a sense of panic, aslong as you can control it and use it for your bennifit.

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Specializes in Cath Lab/ ICU.
After awhile though...you begin to realize, the more octane, adrenaline pumping the scenario is...the more the charting will be. Sometimes it's nice to have a few days in and between without all the excitement.

Cath lab. You get instant satisfaction for saving someone's life, it's fast paced, high energy, and loads of fun!!!! AND, best part, you don't do all the work and charting. Someone else does the charting!

And nothing like a 3am STEMI, IABP, trasnvenous pacer, code that you drove across town like a maniac to get to, bring back and see walk out of the hospital...

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Specializes in icu/er.
Cath lab. You get instant satisfaction for saving someone's life, it's fast paced, high energy, and loads of fun!!!! AND, best part, you don't do all the work and charting. Someone else does the charting!

And nothing like a 3am STEMI, IABP, trasnvenous pacer, code that you drove across town like a maniac to get to, bring back and see walk out of the hospital...

i agree, i love instant satisfaction.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

well i dont work at a big truama center with plenty of staff and residents at my side that can take over where my skills stop.

*** your comment about residents taking over where a nurses skills stops is kind of amusing. far more likely to be the other way around. as for having "plenty of staff", well in transport there is only the two of us. any other help may be hours away.

many, many times there is only a fnp in the whole stinkin hospital muchless a doc. so its you and the other er nurse and if the pager that the resp tech has works maybe theyll get to the er in about 5-10min. so to say i have never had my spincter tight in my short nursing career is not true. there is nothin wrong with a sense of panic, aslong as you can control it and use it for your bennifit.

*** we have a saying - "hey it's not _me_ (meaning i am not the patient) so everybody calm down."

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Specializes in icu/er.

any pgy3 or pgy4 er resident should be more than able to manage advanced scenario concering the emergent and crashing pt. that is one thats worth their or the residental institutions salt. i work with many that moonlight from umc in mississippi and i find that they are trained very well.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

any pgy3 or pgy4 er resident should be more than able to manage advanced scenario concering the emergent and crashing pt.

*** no doubt. just as any well trained er or icu rn should be more than able to manage the nursing aspects of the same patient.

that is one thats worth their or the residental institutions salt. i work with many that moonlight from umc in mississippi and i find that they are trained very well.

*** so they don't panic much?

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