If you love your job, what is your speciality?

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For those that just love your job and wake up happy to go to work, what is your speciality? Have long have you been in it? What other areas have you worked before you found your niche?

Specializes in Peds and PICU.
I love, love, love my job in pediatric critical care! I did about a year of general peds after getting my RN, and have worked PICU ever since. Pediatrics was all I ever wanted to do, the ICU part was a surprise.

I think you took a quote out of my own book!! I worked on a general peds floor for almost 3 years and just came to PICU about 3 months ago and I absolutely LOOOOVE it! It was a surprise for me too! I didn't think I would be able to work under the pressure of an ICU, but so far, so good!

I had a friend who worked in PICU at the time and I told him that stopcocks freaked me out! I couldn't figure out which way to turn them to make them do this or that. I told him that stopcocks kept me out of an ICU...which he called me names about! I told him recently that I figured out stopcocks, so I made the transfer!

I actually was working orientation shifts in PICU while still working on the floor and I had no intention on transferring. I was working a lot of extra PICU shifts and wanted to learn new, cool stuff so I could be a better help. Turns out I fell in love! Whoops!

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Specializes in ER.

ER! Love!!!

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Specializes in maternal child, public/community health.

I LOVE my community/public health job. I work for a non-profit as a RN case manager in a home-based teen parent program (pregnant or parenting). I knew before I went to nursing school that this was exactly what I wanted to do and that this was the agency for me. In nursing school, I kept telling my teachers I planned to be a public health nurse. I even did my preceptorship with this agency. (Before I was a nurse, I taught childbirth classes at this agency.) When I finished nursing school 4 years ago, they were still working on funding for the program so I worked in a peds clinic for a year. I have been at this job 3 years next week.

Why I love it:

* love the agency and its vision (to serve underserved populations)

*positive work environment

* I work with a great team of nurses and social workers who have so much knowlege that they readily share

*flexible schedule (I schedule my own visits. If I need a couple hours off for doc visit or grandson's school program, I just schedule around it.) I work 4 longer days each week so I can play with my grandchildren on Wednesdays

* no holidays and I only work Saturdays occasionally when I choose, no sundays

*I love teaching and I have the time with each client to do teaching. Much of what I do is teaching in some form.

* Holistic, strength-based approach that empowers teens to be better parents by learning about themselves and their children

* a lot of autonomy but well backed-up when I need advice, etc.

* Developing long-term relationships and getting to know teens who are trying to be the best moms they can be in very difficult situations

* Knowing I make a difference in the life of the moms and their children (and sometimes in the lives of other family members)

* Seeing moms achieve their goals - for healthy, full-term births, no repeat pregnancy, finishing school, getting a job, learning how to play with their children, learn how to eat/feed child a balanced diet on low income....

I could go on and on. I love what I do and could see myself doing it for many years to come.

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Specializes in NICU, ER.

NICU

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

For Julie:

:barf02:

I work tele & oncology. Love it, although I think a lot has to do with the floor...we're far from perfect, but also minimally toxic.

Previously did geropsych, and agency working mostly med-surg & ortho rehab.

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I LOVE my community/public health job. I work for a non-profit as a RN case manager in a home-based teen parent program (pregnant or parenting). I knew before I went to nursing school that this was exactly what I wanted to do and that this was the agency for me. In nursing school, I kept telling my teachers I planned to be a public health nurse. I even did my preceptorship with this agency. (Before I was a nurse, I taught childbirth classes at this agency.) When I finished nursing school 4 years ago, they were still working on funding for the program so I worked in a peds clinic for a year. I have been at this job 3 years next week.

Why I love it:

* love the agency and its vision (to serve underserved populations)

*positive work environment

* I work with a great team of nurses and social workers who have so much knowlege that they readily share

*flexible schedule (I schedule my own visits. If I need a couple hours off for doc visit or grandson's school program, I just schedule around it.) I work 4 longer days each week so I can play with my grandchildren on Wednesdays

* no holidays and I only work Saturdays occasionally when I choose, no sundays

*I love teaching and I have the time with each client to do teaching. Much of what I do is teaching in some form.

* Holistic, strength-based approach that empowers teens to be better parents by learning about themselves and their children

* a lot of autonomy but well backed-up when I need advice, etc.

* Developing long-term relationships and getting to know teens who are trying to be the best moms they can be in very difficult situations

* Knowing I make a difference in the life of the moms and their children (and sometimes in the lives of other family members)

* Seeing moms achieve their goals - for healthy, full-term births, no repeat pregnancy, finishing school, getting a job, learning how to play with their children, learn how to eat/feed child a balanced diet on low income....

I could go on and on. I love what I do and could see myself doing it for many years to come.

I would love to do something like this when I finish school. I wanted to open my own home for pregnant teens but I dint have the funds. Your job sounds perfect.

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Specializes in pediatrics, public health.

Public health nursing, working with foster kids in the 0-5 age range. Previously did bedside nursing in a peds hospital.

I love kids, love to learn, and love to teach, all of which are important parts of my job.

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Specializes in Psych, med surg.

I work and love psych. :redpinkhe

I worked a year of med-surg and hated it. Psych is intense and interesting and challenging. I've been two years now in psych and don't think I'll leave it any time soon.

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Specializes in Mental Health.
Hmm...anyone love psych?? :cool:

I left my ER job to work in a non-nursing but psych related job. I would eventually like to go back into nursing in 2-3 years and would like to try psych.

Love love love psych.. Graduated last year and have been working on an acute adult inpatient unit for 8 months..

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Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

Hospice, LOVE IT! There is nothing in the world like giving someone their dignity back when they are dying. Modern healthcare does so much to take that away. Did 6 years on Tele prior to that and 2 years as a corrections nurse. I enjoyed both those specialites as well.

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Specializes in all things maternity.

I will be the first nurse to say OB! I love, love, love all things maternity! :bby:

:anpom:

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Specializes in neuro/ortho med surge 4.

I see there was only 1 or 2 posts from people who are med -surge nurses. In my opionion bedside nursing is the hardest and most stressful part of nursing.

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