Nurses! Whats the Best Department to Work IN?

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For those who are nurses, what do you consider the best department to work in?

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Each nurse that you have answering is going to have their own personal favorites. It depends on what interests you the most, then go for that.

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suzanne's right that it will depend on your interest.

like me,it's in E.D. i learned many things and i was exposed to different patient care everyday. but i must admit, i like ICU too. :)

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Each nurse that you have answering is going to have their own personal favorites. It depends on what interests you the most, then go for that.

Suzanne4, which hospital do you work in and what department??

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I am not the best one tho ask on that, as I have worked every type of ICU from Neonatal to PICU to every type of adult unit, as well as ER and OR...and almost everything else in between.

I have worked agency almost all of my career, and was able to get training where ever I wanted, but that was a long time ago and no longer is available like that.

Best suggestion is to try and shadow a nurse in a few different departments that you may be interested in and see how you like it.

I personally love PICU and adult open heart surgery in the OR, but these are two areas that many do not like. You need to find your area that you love, or think that you would.

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
Each nurse that you have answering is going to have their own personal favorites. It depends on what interests you the most, then go for that.

Most definetly :)

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Specializes in Trauma/Neurosurg ICU, MSICU, ED, Rural.

I think it also depends very much on the hospital you work in. During my clinicals in several different hospitals and also working as a CNA/US I found there were departments that had staff and supervisors that were wonderful to work with and other departments I dreaded floating to...not because of the patient population or specialty of the deparment, but because of the staff and way it was run.

In general, ED and ICU are my favorite places, I like the wide variety in ED and occasional adrenaline moments. In ICU, I like having 2 patients that I can really focus on closely assessing frequently, and I like the challenge of titrating drips, intrepreting hemodynamic values, and again, the occasional adrenaline moments when a really sick patient comes in or someone is unstable.

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