Burned out at the bedside, thinking about advice nursing

[MA Nurse]

I have been a NICU nurse for 19 years. I'm thinking about applying for an advice nurse position. Has anyone her worked as an advice nurse? Did you like it better than the bedside? Could you list some pros and cons of it?

Thanks!

[mariedoreen]

I love it. But like everything in nursing it depends on your personality and strengths. If you've been a NICU nurse for 19 years you have mad skills and you've had a lot of patient/family contact. Would you be okay with doing assessments over the phone, not doing any skills, not having face to face contact with you patients?

I love it because I'm into the academic side of nursing... having to figure out with limited initial information what else I need to know, what the possible differentials are, what the likelihood of each of those is, what level of care the pt may need and how soon they're going to need it. It's a challenge. I also have good interpersonal communication skills and I'm empathetic, so I'm able to connect quickly and easily with most patients, which allows me to quickly collect the info I need. My big weakness involves skills. I don't like them and I'm not that great at them. Since I don't have to do them in this job, it fits me well.