Do you love your job and why? help 4 a nursing student!

Guest717236 · Jun 17, 2006

Sorry, never worked in Labor/Del. But have worked 7 years in

Psychiatric crisis intervention. By the nature of our work,

we lost a few patients to suicide. It was very hard on our team

as we had worked so long with these patients.

re: how do you get over the sad parts--

I would say having a strong spiritual base combined with keeping

your life in balance. Make sure you are well rounded and have

many outside interests. For example, I run to dance classes to

decompress.

Perhaps you could visit a hospital near you. You could ask if

one or more of the nurses could talk with you. You could

get a sense of what a day in the life of an Labor nurse would be.

Good luck on your nursing school plans!!!!!!!!!!!:balloons:

TazziRN, RN · Jun 17, 2006

Yes, you'll deal with death. Yes, it will be hard. Yes, you will still love your job. You never stop feeling the heartache after losing a pt, but you do learn how to deal with it.

danaheil · Jun 17, 2006

I work in L&D, but have worked other places beore. My favorite part of L&D is the opportunity to be a part of something, that for most people, is one of the happies times of their life. It is also rewarding to help new moms overcome some of the fear associated with childbirth. I feel that nursing as a whole is rewarding just because you are helping someone else, no matter what their helath issue is.

mdonohue · Jun 17, 2006

Thank you ALL for your help. I welcome any type of advice from other nurses, I just want to make sure I am totally prepared for whats ahead!