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Hi, I am a nursing student who has just finished the Geriatrics Rotation and is going into the M/S, Peds and Ob/Gyn rotation in the fall. My concern is this....I started having serious doubts about nursing after Geriatrics. My instructors say that we get a lot more challenging as we go along but I am not certain at all that I want to do bedside nursing at all now. The hours and all the stressed out nurses who are treated badly and can't give the patient care they want to. Has anyone gone and gotten their RN and then went to work for a Pharmaceutical company or an HMO, something like that? I got really burned out on Geriatrics and am not sure I'll be able to take all the physical exertion and emotional demands of nursing. I would like to get into teachingand education, just don't see much opportunity in the hospital. Some advice, please?

I detested having to go to a geri hosp for my first clinicals but knew it was inevitable to say the least but never let it effect my nursing practice as I knew it was not going to be forever just part of the programme, but in the end I really enjoyed it to see an elderly person smile at you and the grattitude on their faces was just absolutely priceless.

For my first clinical I was assigned to the rest home hospital. I was not enthused as that was not the career path that I wanted to go into. In actual fact I was not looking forward to it at all.

But as it was part of the programme I had no other choice I went along and ended up thinking it was not too bad after all I got so much joy out of nursing the elderly esp when they showed grattitude and smiled at you it was just priceless.

Now I cant wait till I have my next clinicals.

Originally posted by cloudydrms

I don't really have a weak stomach, but it ain't made of iron either. Now I worry that I won't be able to handle the bombardment of smells, etc. once I get in the hospital? Cindy

Hi Cindy! I have a weak stomach too -- I kept alcohol wipes in my pocket. When it was really bad I'd swab one under my nose. Vick's vaporub works too...

:)

Where there's a will there's a way...

PS I didn't care for geriatrics either, but I liked wound care (funny, since I have the whole yucky smell thing going). But here I am in Psychiatry...the worst smell we get is cigarette smoke (I'm a nonsmoker, so that is pretty yucky to me!).

Thanks, guys!!! In Peds now, like it, Ob/Gyn next, looking forward to it!

Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.
originally posted by lisa32

thanks, guys!!! in peds now, like it, ob/gyn next, looking forward to it!

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