Hey everyone! I'm currently a travel RN whose background is in Med-surg/tele. All the units I've worked on so far have been very busy, very fast paced, just busy busy busy all the time and I hate it! I'm currently looking for something that's a little slower in pace and doesn't have me running around like a chicken with my head cut off but completely a desk job. Also, all those hospital rounds, discharge rounds, meetings, meetings, meetings! It's so annoying! When I was a newer nurse, I felt this was all a need to know and must do, but as I gain my experience, I'm starting to see it's not exactly necessary for my growth but is all part of the politics.
Does anyone have any ideas of what a good specialty that has a slower pace and less of all this stuff would be?
Oncology was one of the toughest places I worked. Pain meds, chemo, ports, precautions, families, emotions, vomit, diarrhea, PAIN MEDS, dressings, blood draws on crap veins and OH, did I mention the pain meds?
That being said, Onc nurses were some of the best I've ever worked with.
Yeah, as a travel RN, I'm on an oncology floor now and I'm not feeling it. The patients are fine, but the family can take a lot out of me. And yes, pain meds pain meds pain meds.
Yeah, as a travel RN, I'm on an oncology floor now and I'm not feeling it. The patients are fine, but the family can take a lot out of me. And yes, pain meds pain meds pain meds.
Yep. I hate having oncology patients not so much because of them but the unrealistic expectations and crazy families.
Isn't there a difference in pace and acuity between acute and out patient centers? I've gotten the impression that our local out patient clinics don't resemble inpatient nursing.
Different kind of busy. Acuity is questionable unless you are moving from ICU to clinic.
Oncology was one of the toughest places I worked. Pain meds, chemo, ports, precautions, families, emotions, vomit, diarrhea, PAIN MEDS, dressings, blood draws on crap veins and OH, did I mention the pain meds?
That being said, Onc nurses were some of the best I've ever worked with.
I've worked bedside Onc for 8 years and think this is a great summary. I'm tired and looking for something entirely different myself.
Isn't there a difference in pace and acuity between acute and out patient centers? I've gotten the impression that our local out patient clinics don't resemble inpatient nursing.
I've had coworkers leave bedside Onc to do OP Onc infusion center and they say it's just as crazy for less pay.
Soliloquy, MSN, APRN, NP
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Yeah, as a travel RN, I'm on an oncology floor now and I'm not feeling it. The patients are fine, but the family can take a lot out of me. And yes, pain meds pain meds pain meds.