my likes: fast-paced, adventure, kicking back and relaxing, hands-on stuff like injections, maybe even some trauma, high pay (the higher the better), friendly faces.
my dislikes: a heavy workload, working my ass off, stress, psych and geri, teaching (if i wanted to teach, i'd get a teaching credential and be a teacher), talking to the patient (especially about random meaningless stuff), family members who stare at you, mean and strict supervisors who works you like a dog, nurses who don't seem to care or take their job seriously, nurses and doctors who are mean and unfriendly, doctors (and nurses) who think they are God and could care less about a nursing student like when i was in school, no collaboration between healthcare team (yes, your CNA is part of your team and is as important as the physician himself, and if you don't think so, then i wouldn't want to work with you).
what i like about the ER: fast-paced, adventurous, random patients (i dont see the same face each day), time flies, and you see all types of cases.
what i dislike about the ER: random patients (never know what kind of psycho will walk through that door), high risk for TB or similar type infection.
what i like about NICU: minimal talking to the patient, no TB risk (if i am correct), saving an innocent life.
what i dislike about NICU: very strict infection control (dont want to have to wash my hands every 5 minutes), teaching parents, giving emotional support or consoling parents when their baby dies, handling fragile preterm newborns.
what i like about the OR: patient is sedated so no talking to the patient, just "kick back" while the surgeon does the work, the trauma of a surgery (cool to watch).
what i dislike about the OR: when equipment malfunctions (i'm no techie).
what i like about Urgent Care: less critical cases than ER, seems more relaxing than ER.
what i dislike about Urgent Care: too many illegal immigrants seeking free services who can't afford to go to a real ER. you're limited in the type of patients you see (you don't see real trauma, like gunshot wounds, etc.).
sorry for being so blunt, but i need some advice other than to leave nursing because you might think it might not be for me (if i wanted to leave, i would already have). i am from los angeles and a new grad who just took the nclex recently and will assume for this thread's sake that i have passed. so, what unit sounds the best for me? thank you for your response.
