is this field different from MED/SURG?

rikarson · Apr 9, 2005

what are the differences between MED/SURG, OR and ER? I want to work in one of these areas but dont know which one would fit me better..

Advice from 40+ years experience: get a solid background in Med-Surg nursing,2 to 3 years minimum, then branch out to a specialty. ED varies from TPA administration to setting up for the replant team to treating lice at 2:30 in the morning. You will make a more informed decision after you have some experience. Good luck to you.

imastudent · Apr 9, 2005

Advice from 40+ years experience: get a solid background in Med-Surg nursing,2 to 3 years minimum, then branch out to a specialty. ED varies from TPA administration to setting up for the replant team to treating lice at 2:30 in the morning. You will make a more informed decision after you have some experience. Good luck to you.

does ED stand for emergency department? :uhoh21:

do med/surg and ER treat different kind of patients?

imastudent · Apr 9, 2005

im currently doing my GEDs at a college, then im going to go for my associates degree, then im going to finish my BSN program..i want to go further by finishing a MSN program but that's not my priority right now :rotfl:

where should i go to receive my first nursing experience? and after this basic experience, should i go straight to the ER or to the MED/SURG then move onto ER?

to tell you the truth, im not looking forward to doing bedside nursing. is this bad if i want to go into er?

suzanne4, RN · Apr 9, 2005

I think that you need to rethink what you want to do. Every area that you have mentioned involves bedside nursing. They all have poop, pee, and vomit. And lots of blood. If these things bother you, then don't do it.........

If you want to work in a hospital providing direct patient care, then you will be doing bedside nursing, just the room may be different, but you are providing bedside nursing.

There are quite a few threads already on all of the questions that you are asking, please take the time to read them.

austin heart, BSN, RN · Apr 9, 2005

As posted above, both areas are bed side care. I being an ER nurse suggest that you get a least a couple of years under your belt of Med/Surge before moving to the ER. Emergengy nursing requires that you be able to handle any patiant that walks through the door from a sore throat to a major trauma. It is a critical care area and is very fast paced. You need to be very knowledable in all the body systems and their functions, all different catagories of medications and the ability to react quickly to any situation.

studyingjenna · Apr 10, 2005

I think that you need to rethink what you want to do. Every area that you have mentioned involves bedside nursing. They all have poop, pee, and vomit. And lots of blood. If these things bother you, then don't do it.........
If you want to work in a hospital providing direct patient care, then you will be doing bedside nursing, just the room may be different, but you are providing bedside nursing.
There are quite a few threads already on all of the questions that you are asking, please take the time to read them.

are there any nursing areas that dont require dealing wit poop,pee and vomit?

suzanne4, RN · Apr 10, 2005

Going thru school and thru clinicals, you will need to deal with everything. There just isn't anyway around it. Manangement usually doesn't involve patient care, but you need to have experience under your belt.

There are jobs working in offices, but again most of these are going to require some type of bedside nursing experience.

CarVsTree · Apr 10, 2005

are there any nursing areas that dont require dealing wit poop,pee and vomit?

If you have a problem with bodily fluids, why are you going into nursing??? :uhoh3:

NoCrumping · Apr 11, 2005

are there any nursing areas that dont require dealing wit poop,pee and vomit?

You can work with newborns. Yes there are all of those, but I think everyone will agree that they are not in any way near as offensive as an adult's. I work in NICU.... and while in school I did all of the "dirty work" in my 3 full years in clinical, but I was firm in my decision that I would never do it when I graduated. So, now, when I hear questions like yours..... I turn into a NICU (neonatal ICU) recruiter!!!!

NoCrumping · Apr 11, 2005

what are the differences between MED/SURG, OR and ER? I want to work in one of these areas but dont know which one would fit me better..

Differences?????? OMG. They are worlds apart, none of which I care to be a part of, I'm just not good at it. A better post might be "What ISN'T different about all of these areas" I'm sorry I cant offer you any advice, the differences are just too great to sum up in a post, for me anyway. Good Luck.:)

studyingjenna · Apr 11, 2005

You can work with newborns. Yes there are all of those, but I think everyone will agree that they are not in any way near as offensive as an adult's. I work in NICU.... and while in school I did all of the "dirty work" in my 3 full years in clinical, but I was firm in my decision that I would never do it when I graduated. So, now, when I hear questions like yours..... I turn into a NICU (neonatal ICU) recruiter!!!!

you work with babies right? sorry i dont know what neonatal icu is :uhoh21: