You made it past the title! Congrats. That was a bit too direct.
So I want to go into nursing or medicine. I have no idea how it will be like but I've already completed pre-med pre reqs and spent some years after college working office jobs and It. My core motivations are wanting to interact with people and apply my technical skills/make a difference, and not be chained to a desk, also pay and the fact that nursing field is broad and I would be able to change specialties. Cons are that I don't like the hospital environment and I get stressed out easily, which leads me to hate people. (I've only shadowed someone several times and was not in the best place at the time) I admire that they make a difference but they look hella stressed out the whole time and I don't know if I can take it or if it worth it.
Any advice for someone in my position? Are there any jobs that would be suitable that would be in a relatively decent environment and have a combination of office and patient interaction time? Thanks!
A less stressful RN position? Post partum, drug rehab, etc.
Then get into informatics? There's a significant number of hospital staff who lack computer skills.
Post partum is stressful. Mum and babe are each a patient and require assessment. Paperwork is huge. Referees family fights, warring grannies, multiple daddy candidates, addicted babies, social services apprehension of babe.
Perhaps get a job as a patient care tech or CNA. You wont be doing QUITE what the nurses do but you will spend a lot of time with patients and doing patient care AND you will work side by side with nurses. You could get that job without the commitment of getting a nursing degree. And if you do like it, it will help you on your nursing path, too.
I think it would really help you decide if the hospital/nursing world is something you would want.
That is not his actual question, it is just a formality; his actual question is everything prior to that.
OP basically wants to go into Acute Dialysis, Informatics, Case Management, or even Public Health....the general theme of his original post: minimal interaction with people in a particular place at a particular time.
Notice how other nurses understood this theme and countered with "nursing is not right for you"? Thus I, the author of Passing California NCLEX-RN in 60 Questions Mini-Series, encouraged OP to throw some red herring in there
I notice that you have authored a book about passing the California N-CLEX. Just wanted to help you mention it one more time.
Also I'm not sure you are using "red herring" correctly. Or maybe you actually did mean that what you had commented was meant to distract from the actual issue/discussion of the thread. On second thought, maybe you DID use it correctly.
Of course he or she has the right to become a nurse. It's a lot of work for something if you aren't likely to enjoy it though. I think most are just trying to help suggest other options or give ideas on how to know if nursing is the right choice.
I'm going into IT but I have experience as a bedside nurse. You can go into IT without it being healthcare based. I might not even end up in a healthcare setting when I graduate who knows. Don't base your career choice on those around you.
Post partum is stressful. Mum and babe are each a patient and require assessment. Paperwork is huge. Referees family fights, warring grannies, multiple daddy candidates, addicted babies, social services apprehension of babe.
yup no stress at all
Yup, still less stressful than a lot of other floors in the hospital setting.
Yup, still less stressful than a lot of other floors in the hospital setting.
Are we really gonna start this argument? There is absolutely nothing good that can come from a pissing contest about which specialty is the hardest and most stressful.
Yup, still less stressful than a lot of other floors in the hospital setting.
Would you know this from having experienced such a unit? You have 2 patients at once on postpartum and L and D, plus all the family dynamics. How is that less stressful?
Consider Acute Dialysis . Once you are trained and competent, you work independently. The nurses caring for the patient are responsible for all other care, so except for helping to reposition or get a patient on or off bedpan your hands on care is limited to that needed to accomplish the dialysis treatment. Plus the technology is pretty cool. And the best part is you go from unit to unit or hospital to hospital so no unit politics to get involved in.
Consider Operating Room, Recovery Room, and going into Anesthesia or becoming a pump tech in cardiovascular surgery, someone suggested and I agree Dialysis and Public Health, although in D, your patients are with you several hours 3 times per week awake.
Correctional facilities might be good - work for a state, federal gov, or county.
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Post partum is stressful. Mum and babe are each a patient and require assessment. Paperwork is huge. Referees family fights, warring grannies, multiple daddy candidates, addicted babies, social services apprehension of babe.
yup no stress at all