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 Medsurg,Peds,Nurse educator,school nurs.

I Do love my job!:heartbeat I am a School Nurse, and know I have found my nursing niche! I've worked in respiratory nursing, hospital and office nursing and have been a nurse educator, but the school-age group has given me my greatest rewards in my career thus far.:nurse:

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical - Care of adults.

I'm a nursing instructor -- I've taught in one LVN program (in California), 3 ADN programs (California, Georgia, & Oregon), and 3 BSN programs (Tennessee and Georgia). I love teaching student nurses. Watching them transition from "civilians" to "nurses" is almost as much fun as watching my children grow from newborns to adults was. The moments of insight, the discoveries, all of that. In addition, I have, over the years, held a number of temporary or part time positions giving direct patient care and as a nursing supervisor. I've had a great career. Remember, no matter where you work you're going to have to deal with one or more bureaucracies. Part of being happy in your job is finding the bureaucracy that bothers you the least. Along with that comes co-workers and working relationships with other healthcare providers involved in the care of your patients. So, please don't let one awful employer or group of co-workers drive you away a career that can be so wonderful. If you want a future in an area of nursing that requires a period of experience on a certain kind of unit, get the experience and learn and give all you can to that setting. If, after that experience you still want your original specialty, get the education or find a place where you can do that job. If you live in an area where there seems to be only one viable employer and you don't "fit" in that setting, get on the internet and start looking for things you can do as a nurse while maintaining your knowledge base and license. I assure you that every bad employer eventually becomes a good employer (maybe not in my life time, but it will happen) and the opposite happens way too often. And, every time I've had a co-worker who made my life hell, if I stuck it out, the person moved on and I ended up with a very good situation. So, always try to logically assess the chances of that happening. And, make sure you always have a group of people or a place where you can refill your tank if work is draining it. You can't give good care or be a good teacher when your tank is empty. :twocents:

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I love my job. I am a nursing supervisor in a 200 bed hospital. I get to be with patients, families and staff. My favorite is the staff interactions. I learn from them every night. Another very interesting part of this job is it is never repetitious. You never know what is going to happen next. I like that feeling.

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NICU:hug: Love the babies, big and small...

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I work as a trainer/consultant for electronic medical records implementation. I travel all around, all expenses paid, great wages. Was a floor nurse for 26 years and this is, by far, the best nursing job in the world!

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LTC :redbeathe as both a NA and LPN, (hmmm, Am I dateing myself with that NA? Oh well!!) For almost 25 yrs and counting. I've worked on alzheimers units, sub acute/step down units, and palliative care units. I like knowing my res's so well that I can usually tell when there is something wrong with them. And I especially love the grumpy ones :yelclap:

Dee

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Specializes in corrections.

I LOVE my correctional nurse job! I work in a maximum security prison and i LOVE it! I cannot see myself doing any other kind of nursing.

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Veterinary medicine!!! Been doing this for 25 years. I love that I can make a difference in a person's life by treating and working with their animals. Every day is a new surprise. I get to do so many different things on a daily basis. My bosses and co-workers are great to work with, which makes things even better.

Before this, I considered human nursing. However working as a CNA taught me that we are more humane to our animals then we are to each other.

Fuzzy

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Specializes in Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician.

My last position was as an organ/tissue surgeon (tissue procurement specialist). When families donated their deceased loved one's tissues (heart valves, skin, eyes, bone, tendons), my job was to go to wherever the person's body was, do the surgery to retrieve the donated tissues, reconstruct the person's body and then prepare the tissues for the surgeons.

I got to learn surgical skills most RNs never will and loved being the surgeon, rather than just handing off instruments (although I also loved working in the OR).

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I'm working right now as a RN through an agency at a call center. I must say that working at a call center was my last choice, but I actually like it. The work environment is laid-back, and I feel that the work pace is just right for me. I actually get to take my breaks, and have lunch! :)

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Infectious disease- work in a hiv clinic. I do this clinic 2 days a week and I love it just dont care for the other 3 days in medicine clinic.

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I absolutely love my career as a maternity nurse. I never know what I'm going to be assigned to; labor and delivery, post-partum couplets, or nursery. 38 years old and a new grad, I was accepted right into this specialty right out of nursing school, and have been there about 3 years.

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