I am currently working in the OR and I used to work on the floor. After 3 months of the OR training, I am already sick of the verbal abuse from both surgeons and anesthesiologists.
I am wondering what will be the best job in nursing that...
1. I don't have to be on call
2. I don't have to work nights
3. I will have regular day shift hours
4. I will get Sat and Sun off
5. I don't have to take care of 7 patients and break my back
6. I don't have to stay 2 hours extra every day to chart
7. I will feel that I have accomplished something at the end of the day
8. I will not be yelled at by some doctors or surgeons
I feel like I am in the wrong field. What should I do? Do you feel the same as I do? I am depressed most of the time and I drag my feet to go to work. I want to call in sick all the time.
School nursing? that sounds great but don't they need bachelor degree?:uhoh21:
Educational requirements differ depending on the state law and local school districts. I have worked in school nursing for 25 years- in the same school district, even! I love the autonomy and the problem-solving aspects. You have to love kids, love to teach, want to be a part of a multi-disciplinary team. You need to do a lot of multi-tasking, but we are naturally good at that. I think the first question you ask yourself is do you prefer community health/wellness promotion environment or restoration of health/medical intervention environment. In the military I worked in the operating room and loved it. When I entered the civilian arena, it wasn't half the fun. I worked for a plastic surgeon, then in public health before I went to school nursing. Community health is my niche.
I am not a nurse, so my insight is more from the outside, but I have never seen or heard of an easy nursing job. You'll have more luck in a quest for the holy grail, or finding that proverbial needle in a very large hay stack, than in finding an easy nursing job.
What I do hear from some of the posters is a real struggle and discouragement in their jobs. And I think that is a shame. I think nursing is challenging and a real stretch of anyones resources(and that is good), but what concerns me is that it seems common for nurses to really be abused and overworked(and that is bad!). It's like management set you all up: "please, attempt to do the impossibe, and then we will slap you about the head and shoulders when you can't..." Am I reading this right?
Do they use similar instruments as the hospitals that you used to work at?
Yes, we do mostly the same surgeries: General, ENT, Plastics, GYN, Orthopedic, Eyes, Urology, Dental.....Adults & Peds, etc. If you've worked in a hospital OR you can easily do surgery center- you don't get to do one service though, you have to be flexible enough to do everything &/or be willing to learn. Experienced OR nurses are in great demand!
30yrs of nursing in several area has not brought the dream job to me yet!
good luck! it's either the bit....** co-clearical staff or the doctores, every one thinks we, as nurses, are at falt for all there short commings. i still need 5 more years of nursing to retire but i don't want to nurse any more!!!! :angryfire HELP!
Educational requirements differ depending on the state law and local school districts. I have worked in school nursing for 25 years- in the same school district, even! I love the autonomy and the problem-solving aspects. You have to love kids, love to teach, want to be a part of a multi-disciplinary team. You need to do a lot of multi-tasking, but we are naturally good at that. I think the first question you ask yourself is do you prefer community health/wellness promotion environment or restoration of health/medical intervention environment. In the military I worked in the operating room and loved it. When I entered the civilian arena, it wasn't half the fun. I worked for a plastic surgeon, then in public health before I went to school nursing. Community health is my niche.
Thanks for your advice. Do I need a Bachelor Degree to do school nursing?
Yes, we do mostly the same surgeries: General, ENT, Plastics, GYN, Orthopedic, Eyes, Urology, Dental.....Adults & Peds, etc. If you've worked in a hospital OR you can easily do surgery center- you don't get to do one service though, you have to be flexible enough to do everything &/or be willing to learn. Experienced OR nurses are in great demand!
I hear cardiac cath lab is a nice dept to work in. They're in big demand, and pay is good. There is call though-- but good $$$ when called in. Other times, procedures are pretty routine--- occas **** hits the fan--- just to keep it interesting! Anyone have comments? I hear the docs are pretty tame since they have to work together so much and get to all know eachother pretty well.
I am not a nurse, so my insight is more from the outside, but I have never seen or heard of an easy nursing job. You'll have more luck in a quest for the holy grail, or finding that proverbial needle in a very large hay stack, than in finding an easy nursing job.
What I do hear from some of the posters is a real struggle and discouragement in their jobs. And I think that is a shame. I think nursing is challenging and a real stretch of anyones resources(and that is good), but what concerns me is that it seems common for nurses to really be abused and overworked(and that is bad!). It's like management set you all up: "please, attempt to do the impossibe, and then we will slap you about the head and shoulders when you can't..." Am I reading this right?
This thread has been very interesting to me. I am a LPN recent graduate (3 weeks) and I chose nursing for a number of reasons, but one BIG reason was so that I would not have to work M-F 8-5 and so that I could work nights and weekends, having days off during the week. I have worked for years in a "normal" office enviroment with "normal" workday and hours, paid vacation, holidays, etc. AND I absolutely HATE it!!!
I am so glad that Nursing has so many options. What many seem to dislike about nursing is what I am actually looking forward to. (minus the doctors and nurses with personality disorders)
I am not a nurse, so my insight is more from the outside, but I have never seen or heard of an easy nursing job. You'll have more luck in a quest for the holy grail, or finding that proverbial needle in a very large hay stack, than in finding an easy nursing job.
What I do hear from some of the posters is a real struggle and discouragement in their jobs. And I think that is a shame. I think nursing is challenging and a real stretch of anyones resources(and that is good), but what concerns me is that it seems common for nurses to really be abused and overworked(and that is bad!). It's like management set you all up: "please, attempt to do the impossibe, and then we will slap you about the head and shoulders when you can't..." Am I reading this right?
I've worked clinic for 25 years. Would not say it's low stress. The hospital nurses who come to work with us end up quitting. They think it is going to be easy and it is not. There is a lot of work for one nurse to get done on her own, telephone triage, presciptions by the dozen to phone in, families to talk with, test results to phone to patients, cleaning and stocking, and I could go on forever and ever. These are just the "side" duties besides being at the doctor's beck and call at all times.
I've got a great job as an RN Case Manager for a Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Center. It requires excellent IV skills because I do ALOT of IV infusions all day, and I wouldn't call is easy by any means, but in terms of stress levels, hours, and pay...it sure beats hospital nursing anyday! I work 8-6 Mon-Thurs....never on call, and get paid ALOT more than floor nursing at a hospital does!
30yrs of nursing in several area has not brought the dream job to me yet!
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Educational requirements differ depending on the state law and local school districts. I have worked in school nursing for 25 years- in the same school district, even! I love the autonomy and the problem-solving aspects. You have to love kids, love to teach, want to be a part of a multi-disciplinary team. You need to do a lot of multi-tasking, but we are naturally good at that. I think the first question you ask yourself is do you prefer community health/wellness promotion environment or restoration of health/medical intervention environment. In the military I worked in the operating room and loved it. When I entered the civilian arena, it wasn't half the fun. I worked for a plastic surgeon, then in public health before I went to school nursing. Community health is my niche.