Least "demanding" nursing Jobs?

[carti]

I'm about to apply for my last semester senior course where we pick our top choices in which we wanna work at.

long story short: I plan on taking the remainder of my medical school pre-reqs when I finish nursing school next spring (about 24 credits worth of prereqs), and I don't want a demanding job. From clinical experience, PACU and Post Partum have been the easiest/chillest areas, what do you guys think?

basically, freedom to make my own schedule, no huge learning curve, relaxed environment; I'm not to concerned about the pay as long as it's near the average RN salary.

I also had a question about "orientation" when it comes to new grads at hospitals. Do new grads get to schedule when they work or do they pretty much work whenever their preceptor works? Is it a full time schedule, or does this just depend wherever you work? Thank you for any replies!

[neonn965]

Glad you are taking your RN role super seriously. Lol. Good luck. Probably the best area of nursing for you is unemployment. Any other area requires the ability and openness to learn and grow in the RN role.

[nurseontheway]

The chillest nursing job I've found is school nursing and working at a juvenile detention center- I only do these jobs prn though so I don't get the full brunt of everything.

[pixierose, BSN, RN]

if you want to go to med school then just do that. med school admissions could care less if you worked as a nurse prior to. Its about as helpful as volunteer hours.

psych is prob the easiest at most places

I work neuro ICU and psych (inpatient and ED).

Psych is way, way harder ... physically and emotionally.

OP - I don't even know what to say, lol or "good luck."

[sepulveda]

I find it interesting that no one has addressed the fact that you hardly get a pick of the litter as a new grad with no experience. I know that isn't what the person asked, but thought it would be relevant to mention.

[pixierose, BSN, RN]

I find it interesting that no one has addressed the fact that you hardly get a pick of the litter as a new grad with no experience. I know that isn't what the person asked, but thought it would be relevant to mention.

I don't think many of us are taking the OP seriously.

Judging from this and previous posts of the OP, I get the feeling that OP has little understanding of the field of nursing and never felt the need to deepen that understanding.

[neonn965]

In August you were complaining about taking an OB course, and suggesting that it should not be part of nursing curriculum, and now all of a sudden you are interested in postpartum because it's "easy"? Also, as a side note, you do realize that normal newborns will start to seize, experience respiratory distress, etc. while under your care? And that a mom can suddenly have a pulmonary embolism or uterine hemorrhage and need transfer to ICU? All areas of nursing, chill or not, require you to take your orientation seriously so that you can manage your patients appropriately.

[beekee]

I've only worked in med-surg, but I'm pretty sure the job you are looking for is out of the hospital. I'd say private duty, overnight, where the patient is mostly stable and the patient/family doesn't care if you study. But, I've never done that type of work myself, so I could be off base.

[sepulveda]

I don't think many of us are taking the OP seriously.

Judging from this and previous posts of the OP, I get the feeling that OP has little understanding of the field of nursing and never felt the need to deepen that understanding.

I'm not taking OP seriously either, but I thought it was a good way to further illustrate how ridiculous what he's asking is.

[Spadeforce]

psych is easy and takes new grads. pretty hard to mess up in psych, just don't piss off patients or give wrong dose of meds

[carti, BSN, RN]

I've only worked in med-surg, but I'm pretty sure the job you are looking for is out of the hospital. I'd say private duty, overnight, where the patient is mostly stable and the patient/family doesn't care if you study. But, I've never done that type of work myself, so I could be off base.

this is probably something I'm gonna end up doing, just need a decent job to pay my rent for about 6 months if my FAFSA runs out. When you mean private duty, do you mean Home Health jobs? Seems like something that would fit my schedule. Thank you.

[carti, BSN, RN]

Glad you are taking your RN role super seriously. Lol. Good luck. Probably the best area of nursing for you is unemployment. Any other area requires the ability and openness to learn and grow in the RN role.

eh. please spare me the moral bs if you will. Obviously I need a job so saying unemployment is my best bet is ridiculous. If you don't have any helpful input, just leave this thread and stop replying lol.

[carti, BSN, RN]

I don't think many of us are taking the OP seriously.

Judging from this and previous posts of the OP, I get the feeling that OP has little understanding of the field of nursing and never felt the need to deepen that understanding.

eh. I'm just looking for a certain nursing job that is slow paced, not a big learning curve - I really don't understand what is "not serious" about asking.