Hi all. I am in 2nd semester at RN school. I am doing well. I started Med Surg this year and I am in clincials at a hospital. Some things I like about it, most of it I dislike. Whoa. I do not really care for the hospital at all. What the deal is is this... I do not mind blood, needles, IV's, giving shots, people with ear aches, sore backs, broken arms, etc. What I DO NOT LIKE is having to deal with sick people in isolation. TB, MRSA, etc. I guess I feel I can get this stuff and with the sore backs, broken fingers, etc... those are conditions I cannot GET. I had to do blood work on a MRSA patient a few nights ago and felt a bit scared. I really felt uncomfortable. We were all gowned and gloved and the teacher was like... Ok... we have a MRSA patient, gown up, wear gloves, do not touch anything you don't have to... I was like SHE HAS WHAT?? I did the blood work and did OK, but I did not like it. The blood does not bother me persay. I had to do lots of blood work on a DM patient, but felt fine with it because I knew he did not have a high risk disease. Ok... having said this, is there other work out there for me as an RN?? I am interested in patient education, writing, public awareness/PR, perhaps teaching? I am doing very well in the KNOWLEDGE part of school but the hands on, I am not really liking very much and I think the clincial teacher is picking up on this. What else is there to do besides hospital work?? What do you suggest??!!
