I am set to graduate in a little over a year, and while I love the analytical part of nursing (on paper), the face to face contact and fast paced environment makes me feel extremely anxious. I find very little enjoyment in clinical. I decided to go into nursing because I wanted to help people physically (I'm fascinated by the medical field) and emotionally (I enjoy helping people), but find it not to be what I'd thought it would be (but isn't that always the case with every job field?).
So, I find myself wondering if this is where I'm supposed to be. My past love includes a love of writing stories and reaching people on an emotional level through art. My base nature is as an introvert and I struggle with multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment (makes me very anxious). Are these things I can get over? Like I said, I do enjoy the analytical nature of the medical field, but that's more when it comes to analyzing things on paper. I'm a very analytical person and I love making connections between lab results, signs/symptoms, medical dx, etc.
I know there are other nursing settings aside from med-surg and perhaps it's a matter of finding my niche? If so, what areas would you suggest for my personality? Thanks.
I am not a nurse, just a cna but contemplating a BSN. However, I feel somewhat like you do. I just love the knowlege a nurse has to know. The human body amazes me and I love studying diseases, drugs, and health care etc.. However, I don't know if I will enjoy the hands on part.
I heard health information administrators are called "paper nurses" because they have to know disease process in order to code. However, i'm a social person so I couldn't stand being in a career where I couldn't interact with a person.
Yeah, an ideal job for me is randomly sitting in an office for a while, walking around, and then driving around maybe so I have an excuse to go get lunch and run errands while I talk to whoever happens to be standing around. I had that once. I shouldn't have quit, lol.
ImThatGuy, BSN, RN
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Yeah, an ideal job for me is randomly sitting in an office for a while, walking around, and then driving around maybe so I have an excuse to go get lunch and run errands while I talk to whoever happens to be standing around. I had that once. I shouldn't have quit, lol.