Job you would NEVER do in nursing....

ONCRN84 · Nov 24, 2009

Anything to do with peds or psych.

stephie_love · Nov 24, 2009

Burn unit. Ugh. I couldn't take watching the poor people in pain...

RNperdiem, RN · Nov 24, 2009

I would never say never, but I would have to be desperate to go back to med-surg.

I'll tolerate an occasional float to burns, but have no desire to go work there.

No interest in L&D. I don't want to work where every decision people make is so political. Everything you say is bound to offend someone.

oramar · Nov 24, 2009

Another great question would be "what kind of unit did you think you would hate and when you had the opportunity to do it you found out you loved it?" My answer would be working on a hospital based prison ward. If you asked me before I did it I would have said I would be scared to death and shaking to hard to function. Turns out it was the best general medical/surgical unit I ever worked on and I was never scared for a minute, loved it.

NICUQueen · Nov 24, 2009

I retired after working for 20 years in an NICU, but could never do Peds. Also never wanted to work in the ER. Actually, after working in the NI, I did not want to work with adults anymore and did not have to!

MedSurgeMess · Nov 24, 2009

Never, ever wanna work in OB-Peds. I've been a pregnant laboring chick, and I don't need to be around it, and I've got plenty of nieces and nephews and kids of my own if I wanna be around kids.....I love med/surg!

JP2011 · Nov 24, 2009

Not attacking anyone, but there are reasons for induction that you may not agree with. My facility doesn't perform elective inductions. After 41 weeks a placenta begins to die, reason for induction, Pregnancy induced hypotension, preeclampsia, all warrant inductions. Circumcision is a personal choice, and I don't know too many men who care either way. I thank God everyday that I am. Also, despite what anyone tells you, we don't give out prizes for having a baby without pain medication. =)

That being said, I would never do hospice care, or peds. I prefer ICU and ER.

CrunchyMama, ASN, RN · Nov 24, 2009

Not attacking anyone, but there are reasons for induction that you may not agree with. My facility doesn't perform elective inductions. After 41 weeks a placenta begins to die, reason for induction, Pregnancy induced hypotension, preeclampsia, all warrant inductions. Circumcision is a personal choice, and I don't know too many men who care either way. I thank God everyday that I am. Also, despite what anyone tells you, we don't give out prizes for having a baby without pain medication. =)
That being said, I would never do hospice care, or peds. I prefer ICU and ER.

Medical inductions, fine. But inductions done to accomodate that Dr. or mom, not good....birth should be about when the baby is ready not everyone else involved. Circumcision SHOULD be a personal choice, but when the parents make the choice then it's taken away from the person who should be making it. It's mutilation and barbaric and should be illegal. Look into it and you might feel differently on thanking God that you are. :)

P.S....If you thank God, did you forget who made you to begin with?

meluhn · Nov 24, 2009

Hospice, oncology and burns. Too much pain. I don't like seeing people in pain and not being able to stop it.

sharpeimom · Nov 24, 2009

i don't think i would be able to do burn nursing. :eek: i'm too much of a wimp. i very much admire those who can do it, however. :flowersfo

kathy

sharpeimom:paw::paw:

froggg123 · Nov 24, 2009

PEDs, not that I dont like the kiddos or the familys, I work in the ED and always feel like I want to bite the chubby legs or chubby necks, if this was my primary job I dont know how long I would be able to hold out :-)

(seriously too, I was holding a head to help PA with stitches and kept getting the urge to eat this cutie up LOL could you imagine what the parents would say)

RNsharkinaj · Nov 24, 2009

Any nursing that required me to sit for long periods of time behind a computer or on the phone...and I would gain weight if I did...hahaha