Do all nurses have to go into theatre and A&E when training?

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I'm thinking of becoming a nurse but hate the sight of blood. I really don't like to see other people in pain.

I think I could just about cope with giving injections and cleaning up sick etc but would I ever have to work in A&E or go into theatre when training? Could I choose to work in a hospital instead?

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Your country of residence might be relevant. I'm assuming you're not in the USA as we typically don't use "theater".

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I'm in the UK

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I'm in the UK and am thinking of becoming a nurse but hate the sight of blood. I really don't like to see other people in pain.

I think I could just about cope with giving injections and cleaning up sick etc but would I ever have to work in A&E or go into theatre when training? Could I choose to work in a hospital instead?

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I'm in the UK and am thinking of becoming a nurse but hate the sight of blood. I really don't like to see other people in pain.

I think I could just about cope with giving injections and cleaning up sick etc but would I ever have to work in A&E or go into theatre when training? Could I choose to work in a hospital instead?

So, to be clear, you hate the sight of blood, don't like to see people in pain, and don't want to suction patients (from your other thread) and you're thinking of becoming a nurse?

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Well done.

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Oh good lord. I'm laughing so hard here. Beats rolling my eyes.

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Specializes in Pedi.

Patients in surgery generally aren't experiencing pain since they're, you know, under generalized anesthesia.

They tend to be in pain when they're out of surgery.

Blood is everywhere. You will come across blood in most any area of acute care you work in.

Could I choose to work in a hospital instead?

In the UK, are theatre and A&E separate from the hospital? Because in the US, ORs and ERs are within hospitals.

I was required to spend a day in the OR during one of my med/surg clinicals and to observe several C-sections during nursing school. My Med-Surg clinicals were in vascular surgery and cardiac surgery so there was plenty of blood on those floors- wound vacs, chest tubes, oozing mediastinal wounds, etc.

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So, to be clear, you hate the sight of blood, don't like to see people in pain, and don't want to suction patients (from your other thread) and you're thinking of becoming a nurse?

I lol'd.

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OMG, I just answered the suctioning post. Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, I think it's a troll. At least it's a funny one.

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Specializes in ICU.

So you don't like suctioning, blood, or people in pain.... what led you to decide nursing was for you?

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Well done.

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