Is clinic nursing a dirty job?

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Hello. I was curious as to whether clinic nursing is a dirty job. I have no issues with blood, but I'm wondering if any of you clinic nurses have to deal with other unpleasant things. I still believe nurses are amazing given all the responsibilities they have. Thank you for all you advice!

Thanks for your comment. I am assuming people here have perceived my question to be absurd but I don't think there's anything wrong with asking for career advice.

No. We just get like this sometimes. Sorry.

The quote feature does help, though. :)

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LOL!!! You won the award for best comedian on allnurses.com

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LOL!!! You won the award for best comedian on allnurses.com

Again, there is a quote feature. Otherwise, anyone is free to assume that your comment is directed towards them. Or not directed towards anyone at all.

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No. We just get like this sometimes. Sorry.

The quote feature does help, though. :)

Haha. Thanks. I just noticed the quote button. Clearly I'm a newbie.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
No. We just get like this sometimes. Sorry.

The quote feature does help, though. :)

SMH. You tried, Far. You tried.

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Haha. Thanks. I just noticed the quote button. Clearly I'm a newbie.

There ya go!

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Not sure what cosmetic nursing is....not sure what you mean by "dirty" nursing, really can't think of any nursing that wouldn't be. Maybe telehealth? But you will need some experience to do that. Case management is usually somewhat not quite in the line of fire, but you need several years of experience to do that too. I'm a new nurse on a med/surg floor, and it worries me how many posts on this site show a lack of understanding about qualifications for NP or CRNA. This may not be anyone's fault but I think there is a perception that NP and CRNA are existing in some weird bubble away from the rest of nursing...we need to bring people up to speed.

Like like like this. These people who want to be NPs and CRNAs off the bat are just plain scary.

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Specializes in Telemetry.

I see you are in California. Not all states allow RNs to inject fillers, although I believe California does.

I've kinda looked into it - I think some nurses have tried doing it on the side while working another job.

It seems a sticking point can be having a practitioner with prescribing privileges to take care of the orders.

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So far, cosmetic nursing is something I would want to learn more of. California is a good place to become a cosmetic nurse. There's plenty of medical spas. Everyone here is obsessed with beauty. The average salary for a cosmetic nurse is $77 000 from the research that I've done. That's a comfortable living. There's nothing wrong with finance and accounting. It's just not my cup of tea. I'm shocked that you mentioned that an engineering grad couldn't find work. I truly thought anything in STEM would lead to a job (except for petroleum engineering :S)

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I see you are in California. Not all states allow RNs to inject fillers, although I believe California does.

I've kinda looked into it - I think some nurses have tried doing it on the side while working another job.

It seems a sticking point can be having a practitioner with prescribing privileges to take care of the orders.

Yes, I called the National Laser Institute and the woman told me that RNs in California are allowed to do botox and fillers.

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Then take my advice and stick to the cosmetic nursing as you call it cause giving Botox injections, doing laser lipo and laser hair removal is the complete opposite of clinic nursing because trust me you will see everything and more as a clinic nurse and some of your patients you will be able to smell from a mile away (ok exaggerating)...but you get the point. As someone who has worked a county jail (mostly same customers as a clinic nurse) and also work in a spa on the side, I should know. So if you can't do "dirty nursing" as you call it stick to the spa, but honestly if you can't handle "dirty'" at all please don't consider being a nurse.

I understand. I know that to get what you want, you would need to make sacrifices. I'm beginning to realize that bodily fluids isn't a huge deal. Out of curiousity though, when there's body fluids where there's a doctor around, what does he/she do. Do he/she just leave it up to the nurse to clean up or is it a very teamwork oriented environment?

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Ok. Thanks for the reassurance!!;) I think all nurses go through the "Eww that's so gross! Why did I get myself into this?!" Before anyone became a nurse, all they had to worry about was taking care of cleaning their own bowel movements. Somehow I feel like our minds find it gross when we do so to someone else even though it's the same thing. Pretty weird.

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