What healthcare career is aligned with my interests? I want to be able to treat/improve Physical and Mental Health Conditions. This would be working with all age groups (if possible) to provide health...
Mary3010 replied to Mary3010's topic in Psychiatric
That's sounds really good!! Are you still able to do art and music with the patients? Would it be during your time or be part of your nursing role?
That's a shame! Can you still do a form of...
Mary3010 replied to Mary3010's topic in Psychiatric
Thank you! Would that mean that as a mental health nurse you could be involved in providing art, music or recreational activities into their recovery? Maybe even playing music?
Are the...
What areas of work would my interests be aligned with (based off my previous comments)?
Hoosier -
*High risk = Most likely inevitable injuries
*Low risk = won't result in...
Just to clarify to make sure that I have understood correctly...
*Low risk nursing jobs (e.g. paediatrics, practice nursing, nurse educator, other examples?) = won't result in inevitable injuries...
Mary3010 replied to Mary3010's topic in Psychiatric
Thank you! Is that similar to a psychologist or social worker - maybe not as thorough but something similar?
Would you be providing services to support their wellbeing - maybe doing art or...
Hoosier: It's not that I want a job without risks because every job has them - it's more just wanting it to be more of a risk than it causing inevitable damage ? Even if some areas might not be given...
Would that even include an outpatient mental health unit? Also, would you say that I'm better off going with one of those other settings if I'm wanting to not get inevitable injuries....
Thank you! What jobs could my interests fall into? - Improving people's physical/mental health for emergency/non-emergency reasons (e.g general health needs). The list describes it better....
For instance, would you be involved in helping to perform/interpret/read scans such as U/S, X-rays, CT, ECG, MRI etc. Maybe as an NP you could give referrals to scans or be part of diagnosing a broken...
It's more just wanting to know what I am getting into because as Hoosier mentioned it's not like on TV and because I'm not really well at the moment.
Would you recommend areas such as radiology...
I know that any career has potential risks and that if you follow safety protocols then it will decrease the likelihood of it impacting upon you. Would you say that it's like if I followed them in...
Can you prevent yourself from getting hurt by knowing the right techniques or just by asking another person for assistance for instance? Or maybe just transferring to a different role if it is too...
Dianah - That's so true! I hope that I start to think like that - it's stressful not having it worked out.
Probably anything healthcare related is interesting but my goal is to be able to provide...
I wasn't sure because it just detailed information about sonogram nurses.
I have tried speaking to someone but they could only advise for me to do research which I have been doing heaps of. I...
Thanks for your help Rose! You mentioned before that there are few scans that a nurse can do. What would those be then? I am assuming ones such as those in...