what area of nursing do you never see yourself working in?

[ErinDel]

Just wondering....

[FutureAwesomeNurse]

LOL. Yeah, that does seem a little weird. My bladder came out of my body with my first child. I am sure it looked like an alien. but I will NEVER forge the nurse I had. Her name is Bonnie - and that was 7 years ago. She was better than my Dr who was a complete jerk. I could totally do that for someone else. She was the best nurse and came off of her day off to assist in my 26 hour delivery. She was amazing.

[lpag789, BSN, RN]

I hope to never have to work in LTC or Med/Surg.

I LOVE the ER, PICU, and NICU.

[husker_rn, RN]

OB/Peds, Dialysis, Oncology. Have the utmost respect for those in thosespecialties, just couldn't do it myself.

[learning08]

Oncology breaks my heart...I have to have some emotional distance from the patient pop. to work effectively...

That being said, I hope to never work in a hellhole where nurses are penalized for calling in sick, cannot take a lunch etc.

[Blackheartednurse]

ICU,peds,NICU,CCU,PICU,LTC (too boring!!!Maybe later??)

[BeachyRNn08]

LOL. Yeah, that does seem a little weird. My bladder came out of my body with my first child. I am sure it looked like an alien. but I will NEVER forge the nurse I had. Her name is Bonnie - and that was 7 years ago. She was better than my Dr who was a complete jerk. I could totally do that for someone else. She was the best nurse and came off of her day off to assist in my 26 hour delivery. She was amazing.

Yeah I prob would have passed out right about where your bladder came out of your body... :) Glad you had a great nurse and you are okay!!

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

Psych - first off it is a completly different degree course in Ireland and Oz, second I think I am a bit too loopy myself.

Detox - we get enough of them where I am now with medical complications to know that I could never do it full on

Dialysis or any chronic illness care (COPD, severe MS etc) oncology saying that I love palliatve care. Theatre scrub nurse those nurses have the patience of a saint standing for maybe 6 hr at a time with a surgeon getting all stressed out.

Maternity - I had enough traumatic experiences there when I was a student. Will keep a bit of mystery for childbirth! Mind you that is another degree as well out here.

Discharge liasion nurse they seem to get the flack from all sides nurses and docs from where they are goingto and where they are from.

[MikeyBSN]

No OB/GYN. The best part about where I work is that we ship pregnant women 16 weeks plus directly to L&D. Do not pass the ED, do not bleed and gush all over our stretchers.

I would never do LTC either, and I probably wouldn't be all that happy in psych or on a regular med/surg unit.

[MikeyBSN]

Two:

1. Burn Center

2. Pediatric Oncology

To me...these nurses are the most amazing on the planet....and they do what I not only couldn't do, but am not brave enough to even stomach.

When I first graduate nursing school I was offered a job in ped onc, but I decided to go to the ED instead. I think I made a wise decision, although I think I probably could have done it, but it's a much harder job to deal with.

[kadell]

Burn center (husband is a fireman, hits too close to home

psych

L&D

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

Pediatric Oncology- I can't handle suffering children.

Pediatric Hospice- I can't handle dying or dead children.

Pediatric ED- I don't handle child abuse well.

Detox

MR adults

OR- standing for hours on end in a cold room with bullies and sharp objects I can't throw at the bullies? No thanks.

L+D- too boring.

Post-partum- too much teaching in too little time, with too many interfering relatives who think they know everything.

Oddly enough, my pediatrics rotation was in a home for MR and brain injured children. It wasn't bad.

[geekgolightly, BSN, RN]

Wow - lots of people on this forum apparently don't like children. lol

Actually I won't do kids because it would break my heart every single shift. No way I could handle watching kids die over and over and over. That's mind numbingly horrific.