Do you enjoy being a PCT

[cdsavannah59, CNA]

I work in a mother/baby unit and at least once a week a visitor tells me I have the best job in the world. I love working with moms and newborns but it is not a easy job as everyone thinks. Fact is I stay so busy taking vitals most of the 12 hour shift on mom and baby for three rounds each shift in over 20 plus rooms and giving babies a bath that I don't often get time for other stuff like blood draws, Peri care, etc. I would gladly do all the other stuff besides constant vitals, it is so repetitive that it makes me want to seek work in another unit like pediatric. So people what unit do you work on and do you enjoy it or do you feel overworked?

[nlitened]

I am in nursing school now, so I no longer work...but I worked with cardiac patients. I LOVED being a PCT! Yes, I was busy the whole 12 hours and yes it could be overwhelming at times. But I enjoyed every minute. Mother/baby is dream unit...at least for me.

As far as changing the unit you work on, depends on what kind of patients you are interested in working with. Each unit has their own "repetitive skills". Maybe jump into the float pool to get experience in multiple units to see which interests you.

[AmberK1026, ADN, BSN]

I am a PCT on a Med/Surg unit and I do enjoy it. The vital signs do get very tedious but luckily we only have to do 7 am vitals and 4 pm vitals. Most of my time is spent helping pts to the bathroom, caring for total care pts, changing linens- basic hygiene care. I do get to do blood draws, take out foleys, take out IV's. When we have 3 tech's on the floor, the workload is very manageable and I feel like I am able to give all of my patients (about 10) the attention they deserve. If we only have 2 techs then I have about 17 patients and I feel like Im running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

[malamud69, BSN, RN]

I did...then I got bored...now I'm a nurse on the Telemetry unit I worked on!

[hiddenjoules]

I am a PCT in an Emergency Department. I love my job, especially the unpredictability and variety of patients/cases. If I ever have a "rough day", I find comfort in that no two days are the same! :-)