Need Advice from those seasoned nurses out there

[Spunky Tech]

Hello everyone, I will be taking preriques in Jan for the nursing program. I have a question, I love patient care, I am all about pt care, I am thorough, good at paper work, and observant, i currently work as a dialysis tech. Heres the thing, I am a team oriented person. i don't like to be in charge. I work very well as a team, and I work well by myself. What kind of nursing positions are there out there that do not require being a charge nurse. I think I might like being a post op nurse bc u focus on the pts, take care of them through anesthesia, get vitals, and give dc instructions. i can handle that. any other ideas or is being an RN all about being in charge of all staff.

[Southern Fried RN]

If you work anywhere long enough, you will end up in charge. Whether you are officially given a job title of "charge" or not eventually it will fall on you. If you have the been in a unit long enough, you will become familiar with the docs, orders, procedures, where things are located, etc and new people are going to ask for your advice.

They only way to avoid being in "charge" is to get a new job every year. That way you can always claim ignorance of how to run things since you are new.

And FYI, PACU/post-op nursing is not for someone who shies away from having charge RN type responsibilites. This type of nursing is usually fast paced, you frequently deal with difficult personalities, and have to prioritize well.

[caliotter3]

You can do home health. The only person you are in charge of is yourself, unless you get the clinical supervisor job. Do regular visits or shift care and you won't have to worry about that. There are lots of other jobs that don't require you to supervise, such as working in a medical office that has only one nurse. Perhaps doing some of the phone type jobs, such as phone triage, phone advice nurse, insurance liaison, etc. You pretty much have to look for these jobs. You can research this now or ask this question when you start school. Lots of questions like your's are answered once you start nursing classes.

[GrumpyRN63, ADN, RN]

And FYI, PACU/post-op nursing is not for someone who shies away from having charge RN type responsibilites. This type of nursing is usually fast paced, you frequently deal with difficult personalities, and have to prioritize well.

In addition you need either OR or ICU experience to work in PACU

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

if you work anywhere long enough, you will end up in charge. whether you are officially given a job title of "charge" or not eventually it will fall on you. if you have the been in a unit long enough, you will become familiar with the docs, orders, procedures, where things are located, etc and new people are going to ask for your advice.

they only way to avoid being in "charge" is to get a new job every year. that way you can always claim ignorance of how to run things since you are new.

and fyi, pacu/post-op nursing is not for someone who shies away from having charge rn type responsibilites. this type of nursing is usually fast paced, you frequently deal with difficult personalities, and have to prioritize well.

that's not always true. there are plenty of icus that don't require everyone to be in charge. pick one of those.