Med Surg - Boring Work in USA

gemini_star, BSN, RN · Jul 16, 2010

I think you are very lucky to have a work compared to hundreds of others having a hard time looking for one. It might be boring but you can learn a lot.

loriangel14, RN · Jul 16, 2010

There are plenty of unemployed nurses that would be glad to take your job if you find it too boring.

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Jul 16, 2010

Better to be bored and employed and have a good pay than what some of our THOUSANDS of unemployed new grads and/or nurses with years of experience are going through.

Your bored and the job is mundane? There are an uncountable amount of nurses who would line up behind you to snatch it up. If the USA work is too boring and mundane, might I suggest you move back to your country and look for a more exciting position..just sayin

Fiona59 · Jul 16, 2010

I'm wondering what the OPs co-workers would say about her performance on the job. Does she go that extra mile, or is just there to chart and pass meds, delegating everything she can?

RetroPinoy · Jul 16, 2010

Kabayan...be thankful with what you've got. Unemployment rate in the U.S. presently is around 10% so a lot of people are suffering whilst you moan about not getting enough challenge which to me sounds so ungrateful. You can always go for other roles in your workplace but the question is..Does your superiors think your qualified for those roles ????

I used to wonder where the resentment towards foreign (pinoy) nurses are coming from when I first joined here...but now I think I know the answer.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jul 16, 2010

Bored? Never a dull moment when I worked there.

caliotter3 · Jul 17, 2010

There are plenty of unemployed nurses that would be glad to take your job if you find it too boring.

I would love to have your job and I would not find it to be boring. I am certain I am not in the minority here.

RescueNinja · Jul 17, 2010

I'm one of those new grads without a permanent job...where should I send my resume?

Advanced Practice Columnist / Guide · Jul 17, 2010

Well I took a job in Med Surg, I am very bored at work, It is like working at a Nursing Home. All I do is give out meds and chart. Pay is good but the work is mundane and no challenge

How do you even know what it's like to work in a nursing home? are you making the comparison based on the age of the patients you see on the Med-Surg unit? I'm not trying to knock your opinion down but I was also a fresh nurse from the Philippines once (well, back in the 90's) and I have worked in both nursing home settings and Med-Surg throughout my career. Both jobs are entirely different. You do tend to feel like you're passing meds day in and day out in a nursing home but a Med-Surg unit is entirely different. You're dealing with patients with acute medical and surgical conditions that you need to be familiar with. You don't just pass meds because they are ordered by the MD. You look at the patients' labs and disgnostic tests, confirm their diagnosis and the need for the meds before you even think of pulling their meds out of the Pyxis. That's what's challenging in Med-Surg because you have 4-6 patients to do this routine on. But that's just a small part of your role. You also have to make sure your patient assessment or exam is accurate, you have to answer questions from families, educate patient on their disease and treatment, counsel them on health maintenance, discharge or admit patients...bottom line is Med-Surg is not easy if you do what you're supposed to do in that unit.

Fiona59 · Jul 18, 2010

I'm one of those new grads without a permanent job...where should I send my resume?

aw, babe, you'd have to move the the big, bad US of A. Some of my coworkers tried working in Texas in the '90s. One came home before the contract ended because of "working" conditions.

Canada wants to keep her nurses.

elkpark · Jul 18, 2010

I agree that, if you find working here so "mundane" and "boring," you are certainly free to go work in some other country where you might find the work more stimulating and enjoyable. There are plenty of unemployed USC RNs who would be happy to have your job.