C'mon brag a little!!!!!

[huggietoes]

Every nurse has one area/specialty/floor that they think is the best and only place they would ever consider working. So brag a little about yours, what area do you work in, what do you love and hate, what drew you to that area? I am just curious, it seems as though nurses, besides floats (even though I am sure they also have their preferences), have really strong opinions of certain floors. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[HRHNurse Carol]

I love ER and I really like working at a public hospital. The nursing staff (and docs) do not know the insurance status of a pt.- if the pt needs something they get it, regardless! A lot of the pts. here are working jobs that do not have insurance- busing tables, hair dressers, pushing brooms, etc. I like knowing that they have somewhere that they can go where they will get their needs met without being treated as less than anyone else. And, we're getting a new hospital in the next few months!! I've been over to tour it- it's beautiful!! I'm so excited!! As far as what I'm good at- well, I'm good at mediating, can negotiate fairly well. Hope to eventually be a good manager- only been in mangement 2 yrs- another thing I'm good at is working with families in bereavement. Jeez, hope I didn't jink myself saying that.... haven't had a death here in ER while I've been on in awhile, thankfully. As far as rural ERs go-(to respond to another post) I haven't heard of very many "sleepy" ones. There's some nasty farming accidents, MVA's etc in the rural areas. My brother worked at one in TN and the stories he could tell!! Waaaay better than my war stories!! Which reminds me- I also tend to have adventures... I go out to eat, someone falls down the stairs, driving home from work a car flips over at 50mph....things like that. I love riding the ambulance when I can, so it's like second nature to respond when I see something. Why things that I can respond to look for me I dunno.... Love this thread, hey, We are nurses and proud of it!!

[rdhdnrs]

Is there any other department than high-risk OB? I think it must be like the ER; addictive and impossible not to love for us adrenaline addicts!!

The great thing about nursing: there are so many different areas to suit almost anyone who's willing to WORK!!!!

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

Geriatrics and Hospice. No doubt about it. I will confess burnout on the death thing that took me away, but there isn't an inkling of doubt in my mind that I'll be back in it. Taking a little mental health break for now .

[thisnurse]

i LOVE med surg. i enjoy all of the different types of patients we get...its never the same. been seriously considering moving to ER ...i like the idea of stabalizing them and moving on to the next.

[alwaysthere]

love dementia/phsych as as an aide currently work skilled...want to do trauma/er when i graduate. :)

[illya]

like adrien i am in ltc, i have my certification in gerontology. i love my alzheimers people, brag? ok. i have developed a lnack with these people, i can redirect anyone, though sometimes pain meds and other meds are needed

[Debbielynn]

I am just starting LPN school this fall, but I think.....I wouldn't mind working with aids patients or the OR. Of course, ask me again when I graduate and have worked for a while, I know my preferences might be totally different.