does nursing seem boring?

Clnicals were very boring to me, on the general floor. Couldn't do much beside care with my 1-3 patients, meds, and assessments. I stayed busy by helping classmates, asking the instructor if there was anything I needed to see, asking the CNAs if they needed help, etc.

YOu just have to find a way to stay busy, it'll make the day go by faster.

It's not that I don't have things to do, just that it seems like it might get old quick...

I think things do differ from student to qualified nurse. Plus we all have different areas that interest us. So some are rough and not a lot to do and others are busy with plenty to do. If it is within your scope you could always offer to do things (if they will allow you to)

some areas are soooooo boring. find what interests you because you'll need it to last!

LOL... I remember during my first semester of my ABSN program, I was only caring for 1 patient. I commented about how slow and boring it could be in the middle of our night shift. My preceptor giggled and said wait until third semester, when you are charting and taking care of four patients. I'm going to remind you of what you said. On my next to last night of clinicals third semester, I was SWAMPED. She said, "So, are you feeling bored right now???" I was forced to reply, "No, I'm working my butt off. NOW, help me!" :)

We only worked rehab once and I was bored out of my brains, but as someone else mentioned to each their own! :)

I am a full time LVN working SNF/LTC and part time working on BSN. I have 24 beds and I find it boring now days. Even when I am swamped, I find myself thinking "here I go again". I think it has lost its challenge for me. Yes, I also used to find clinicals boring. After a few months they were not particularly challenging. We used to rotate through all floors and departments of three hospitals and I frequently found myself just trying to act like a good student.(even in ths ER) The strange thing is that I find studying about nursing alot more interesting that actually being a nurse.

First semester it was boring, now in third semester I am on a step down heart unit for clinicals and have 6-8 patients and I run my butt off, and with heart patients there is never a dull moment, you have to be watching everything all the time because they can code at any moment.

I only care for 2-3 patients but we are responsible for all cares. Bed baths, vitals, assessments, education, and all procedures. I don't really find it boring. Yesterday I had two patients receiving blood, one discharge and one admit throughout the day. It was a tough day.

I have to agree with you that a lot of nursing specialties bore the crap out of me. I also work on a Med/Surg and Tele floor as a Nurse Intern. I follow nurses and help out with what I can, and I can tell you it is damn monotonous. Assessment, med pass, chart, repeat. Even on the nights when it is busy it is still pretty intellectually boring. I have the same issues with clinicals. I am interested in learning new things, but once I have done it a million times I get a little bored with it. The only clinical I wasn't bored in was OB. I think that is how you can figure out what specialty to go into. If you want to be challenged and a setting doesn't challenge you, it is probably not for you. I think it is great to be introspective about what you enjoy and where you excel. It will make you a better nurse. Don't let on that you are bored, though. I try to act like every wet to dry dressing change or heparin shot are the most interesting things that I have ever done.

I just got out of an 11 hour clinical where my pt was discharged 5 hours in. Talk about boring with nothing to do. I hate clinicals. Literally hate them now. I think its because we are doing OB/peds rotation right now

" pretty intellectually boring. " Thanks Work in Progress; That is the phrase that really describes it for me. Not always but quite often.

^ It's the right phrase.

I find the class work under-stimulating. I don't know whether it's because I'm a bit hyperactive and eager to learn but all the American students on these boards talk about how overwhelming nursing school is, how much work they have to do and so forth. I can't get enough. We get taught SO SLOWLY. I remember in the first lab we had this semester we spent around an hour learning how to spike a bag and prime a line. ITS NOT THAT HARD, seriously. We start our next half-subject in a week and I've already gone through the entire half-semester worth of work and done it - reading, research, questions and case studies. I go green with envy seeing students in the years ahead of me learning new things - like how to administer blood, catheterize, give injected medications and so forth.

As for clinical, I really relate to what's been said already. As a student, there's only so much you can do. & not having independent abilities makes it even worse. Some clinical drive me mad because so many things are happening that I want to learn and try and practice but I'm not allowed to because "we haven't done that in class yet" (even basic things like taking out staples!)

I also work as a NA in a long term care facility for disabled children, which I find can be very monotonous. I provide full care for my allocation of kids, usually 4-5 - feeding (tube/oral), hygiene, stimulation, passive exercises and so forth. It's not enough for my poor little brain...

I think I'm going to need a job in critical care or oncology or something of the sort....