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

Published

Just wondering....

I would have to say LTC and geriatrics or Psych. I think the nurses who have the heart to work with the elderly or the mentally ill are wonderful people. I just don't see myself being able to do the work. I start thinking about my grandma with alzheimers and I feel very depressed for her. This is not how she wanted to spend her last years.:crying2:

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

OR (I like pt interaction)

The idea of working with the elderly isn't my cup of tea, but I could probably do it if I ever had too.

I prefer my Ped/adolescent patients anyday! :redpinkhe

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

Forensic nursing and home health care... not my cup of tea

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in CICU.

Psych! The first 5 minutes of my first psych clinical in nursing school, someone threatened to kill me and cut off my toes one by one. I'm scarred for the rest of my career.

I'd loooove a Trauma/Burn Unit though!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I had a small taste of medsurg,never again! I also would never ever work pedi .I like psy which I like and I want to go into clinical education

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in school nursing, home health,geriactrics, Tele,ICU.

i would love to do L&D, Geriatrics, ICU, and maybe psych but working on the developmentally side of it ....:):)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
:D Anytime I have said NEVER...I've ended up trying to pull my foot out of my mouth to stick the other one in!!!:eek::bugeyes:
Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Tele, Home Health, MICU, CTICU, LTC.

OB/GYN and management

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.
\

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

So good it should be a bumper sticker. Only a few people out there would get it, though. :yeah:

Up Vote Up Vote ×

This is a good question. I really hate to say never but I guess there are a few that I wouldn't consider. For safety reasons, I wouldn't consider correctional nursing. For my kids, I wouldn't consider deployment/field nursing for the military, because I am their primary caregiver. I also wouldn't consider going to a 3rd world country or as part of a peace corp type of mission for the same reason, although for the future, way on down the line once my kids are grown, I would like to do something like that.

I really doubt I could do flight nursing as I'm severely overweight, so that's a never from them to me :(

And personally, I do not think I would be a good fit for psych nursing. I'm not saying totally never, because who knows, but I'm saying probably never to that one. Everything else is up for discussion pretty much.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

1.) Dermatology - I can handle most things (feces, sputum etc.) but skin is sooooo gross to me. No pun intended, but some skin disorders make MY skin crawl. :barf01:

2.) Burn Unit - Can't get passed the smell :crying2:

3.) LTC/SNF - I commened nurses that work here, I just can't see myself being happy here

4.) Rehab - These nurses are amazing for what they do, it just isn't for me

5.) Case managment - Seems booorrrriiinnngggg (IMHO)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in OB.

Med surg or ER....Give me OB ANY day

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion