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[TheNGTKingRN]

I've been an RN for a little over a year now. I have my ADN and im the process of obtaining my BSN. I am fairly young (twenty-two) and see that as both an advantage and disadvantage.

I'm sure many of you have been twenty somethin' at some point, no? I was told my a fellow colleague of mine that it was their hardest decade.

Before becoming a nurse I thought I wanted to be a surgical ICU RN then enter CRNA. Now I realize I didn't enjoy the ICU.

The more I'm a nurse the more I pick up on the things I enjoy.

I love LOVE patient education.

I LOVE pain management.

I LOVE teaching nursing students.

I LOVE when I have time for ONE patient at a time... but being postoperative care this rarely happens.

I've been thinking about a few career moves... some requiring more education and experience.

Endoscopy RN

Patient Educator

Nurse Educator

Nurse Practitioner (Maybe doing all the acute post op management)

I am beginning to feel at a standstill in my current position. I know I have a lot to learn still from the floor. I just feel like I'm entering this phase where it is becoming a drag because apart from small instances it is the same thing. I can basically look at their surgery notes and already guess their postop orders.

So this uneasiness with mundane makes me gear toward maybe research even.

I know many jobs become mundane after a while. I KNOW I won't escape that.

My former nursing professor told me she switched areas every 6 to 7 years. She has done maternity, pediatrics, oncology, NICU, and OR.

Maybe that's my destiny? Just keep trying different flavors every so often.

Maybe one day I can be a adjunct clinical professor. PRN postoperative nurse that does patient education as well.

Who knows.

Just wanted to express my thoughts.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

My suggestion is for you to job shadow in the cath lab. The upside is having a team, time limited encounters and acquiring very marketable skills with job security.

There is a lot of on call and $$ is very high when called in. You will be well qualified to be a medical device sales rep when you want to transition out of pt care.

[TheNGTKingRN]

My suggestion is for you to job shadow in the cath lab. The upside is having a team, time limited encounters and acquiring very marketable skills with job security.

There is a lot of on call and $$ is very high when called in. You will be well qualified to be a medical device sales rep when you want to transition out of pt care.

I do have to have ICU experience, no? I was only in the ICU for a few months

I enjoyed the tools/pharmacology/detail of the ICU.

I enjoyed titrations. I enjoyed explaining everything to family and decreasing anxiety.

I didn't enjoy the total care aspect. Doesn't make me a bad nurse, I simply didn't enjoy it. In postop I rarely do total care. It's more about rehabilitation. Getting them to walk. Getting them to learn to use their new ostomies... their new pegtubes...their new trachs. That I enjoy but of course being a floor RN isn't all about teaching... I wish lol. I would teach all the pts if I could.

[TheNGTKingRN]

My suggestion is for you to job shadow in the cath lab. The upside is having a team, time limited encounters and acquiring very marketable skills with job security.

There is a lot of on call and $$ is very high when called in. You will be well qualified to be a medical device sales rep when you want to transition out of pt care.

In your opinion based off my post does it appear that the jobs I seek are positions with less patient (DIRECT) care and limited time with same patient?

Thank You for your response by the way!