Least stressful nursing specialty

neenrn · Feb 24, 2016

I think someone has never worked psych......

ksola · Feb 24, 2016

I actually work in residential care with ID. They have A LOT of behavioral issues. I like the chaos and I'm excited to deal with more of it. But I go with them to their psych appointments and that kind of job is eventually where I can see myself settling down.

Hollybeary33 · Feb 26, 2016

Oncology infusion clinic can be quite stressful. There is extremely serious medication infusing into the patient and constant monitoring is needed - their IV access, ports, piccs, skin, mental status, vital signs, etc. When there are 30 patients and 3 nurses, well, you do the math. Reactions can occur at any time for any reason and we don't have the luxury of having the hospitalist, rapid response team, etc. at our disposal since we are a detached entity from the hospital. Just because it's an ambulatory care center, doesn't mean that your patients always fit the bill. We have called 911 on several occasions.

PediGIRN12 · Feb 26, 2016

For me it's private duty nursing. I've been at work since 7am. I've given 2 bolus feeds of pedialyte and 1 of formula. Did an assessment gave 4 gtube meds and played with my patient. She's now been napping for almost an hour and I got all my charting done and am now I'm sitting here having me time and loving it. The house is as quite as can be.

TriciaJ, RN · Feb 26, 2016

The affluent new grad princesses hint that NICU is the goldmine.

Oh, yeah. Tiny sick babies with anxious parents and grandparents. Where do I sign?

TriciaJ, RN · Feb 26, 2016

Psych is pretty non- stressful once you get used to the types of patients you get. My unit doesn't take medically compromised patients outside of having DM2 or HTN. No wounds, IVs, catheters. No bed bounds. All ambulatory and self toileting. Most invasive thing is an IM injection of psych meds when pt acts out. Pills and charting mostly. An occasional Code Grey with restraints but it is not as common as you may think.

You must work on a nice unit. Many psych units are dumping grounds for patients no one else wants to deal with. For instance if they have medical and psych issues, psych "wins" and the patient is yours. It's also a dumping ground for nurses who don't want to nurse, so you may end up with less than stellar co-workers.

I worked psych for many years and wouldn't nominate it for the Stress-Free Award.

TriciaJ, RN · Feb 26, 2016

Walk in clinic?

Unless they all walk in at the same time and you're swamped and they're wondering why they have to wait so long when can't you see they're at death's door? And some of them shouldn't have walked in; they should have ridden somewhere else in an ambulance. And then you have to feel ok about letting some of them walk out again and hope you covered all the bases.

pdamato1018 · Feb 26, 2016

School Nursing has got to be the least stressful nursing job. Although it can be boring, I'd rather that than be stressed out all the time.

c4t4qu1n · Feb 26, 2016

I work from home for an insurance company. It's definitely less stressful than bedside nursing. I miss the bedside, but I work in the comfort of my own home, no commute expense. I like it

Bchapm01 · Feb 26, 2016

Post-surgical floor nursing (general surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery)

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Feb 26, 2016

For me it's private duty nursing. I've been at work since 7am. I've given 2 bolus feeds of pedialyte and 1 of formula. Did an assessment gave 4 gtube meds and played with my patient. She's now been napping for almost an hour and I got all my charting done and am now I'm sitting here having me time and loving it. The house is as quite as can be.

Pfft. Ever have a g button pop out on you & you're scrambling to find the supplies you need to put it back in? Mind you, you're on your own! PDN can seem luxurious but things can go wrong in the blink of an eye & when they do you better know your stuff!

rbytsdy · Feb 26, 2016

School Nursing has got to be the least stressful nursing job. Although it can be boring, I'd rather that than be stressed out all the time.

i think it depends on the school. It's not low stress when I can't get a student's asthma under control and my diabetic student's BS is 30. That happened at the same time. I had a staff member go into anaphylaxis twice in a week. I've sent 3 kids out by ambulance with broken bones this year. My student with a HX of COA c/o chest pain. I had parents threatening me because they thought I called CPS after they hurt their kid. I've had up to 75 kids in my office in 1 day.