NICU vs Pediatric clinic

[babynursebri]

I have been working in a NICU for about a year now and I don't like it as much as I thought I would going into it. I am considering leaving and working at a pediatric clinic. If you have any experience in these areas, did you prefer working in a pediatric unit like NICU or in a clinic better?

[Wolf at the Door, BSN]

On 4/3/2019 at 1:24 PM, babynursebri said:

I have been working in a NICU for about a year now and I don't like it as much as I thought I would going into it. I am considering leaving and working at a pediatric clinic. If you have any experience in these areas, did you prefer working in a pediatric unit like NICU or in a clinic better?

What do u dislike about nicu? Is it the lack of talking patients ? Deaths?

[ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP]

NICU RN here.

I guess if you are looking for better hours, the clinic may be better. But what is it about NICU that you don't like?

[Nunya, BSN]

I've worked both and I never want to work 5 days a week again! I've worked 4 jobs that were M-F and many many more that were 12, working 5 in a row and only having two days to recover and do chores (while everyone else is doing chores) wasn't fun. Both areas are stressful in different ways but I found some of the parents in the clinic to be.... frustrating. NICU parents can be also but I think the percentage is higher in the clinic because the NICU parents eventually settle down. And in the NICU they don't complain about getting in to their appt late! But then I love the NICU!