Least busy nursing job??

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In your opinion, what would be less busier nursing job??? I work in a office and it is extremely busy and I come home stressed out. I was thinking maybe a different office setting or specialty area might be less busy. I do not mind a steady pace however in this job I just feel like I am always rushed and worried. Any ideas? I currently work in a peds office.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Yes well....all places are busy these days. Nurses in the hospitals and LTC would consider your job low key. Unfortunately nursing is one of those professions that are busy and stressful

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The office job I held was by far the least busy, but perhaps we had more help and less responsibility than you do.

For the most part the office patients weren't very sick, at least compared to people in the hospital.

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The office job I held was by far the least busy but perhaps we had more help and less responsibility than you do. For the most part the office patients weren't very sick, at least compared to people in the hospital.[/quote']

May I ask what specialty ur office is?

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The office job I held was by far the least busy but perhaps we had more help and less responsibility than you do. For the most part the office patients weren't very sick, at least compared to people in the hospital.[/quote']

May i ask what type of office u worked in?

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Specializes in Pedi.

I don't think such a job exists. Nurses are busy no matter where they work.

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Occupational health.... that is my answer, every time. ... :)

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Internal medicine

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I work as a 1:1 nurse in an elementary school. I spend most days doing arts and crafts with the special needs students. I have the best schedule in the world, Monday-Friday with weekends, nights, summers and holidays off... but sometimes I don't feel like a "real" nurse.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Private duty, night shift. In my eight hours with my vent-dependent toddler, I do about 23 minutes of actual 'work' (this 23 minutes includes charting most nights)

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I would have said Dr. office, or shift homecare.

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Occupational health.... that is my answer, every time. ... :)

Not where I work... Providers currently seeing 25+ patients per day, many with extensive testing done by MAs or RNs (vitals, drug screen, titmus, audiogram, PFTs, EKG, Ishihara). Also the guy who walks in with a hand lac and is showing off some very damgaged extensor tendons, but that's an easy one that gets shipped right to the ED.

Point being, that business is far more practice dependent than specialty dependent.

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