bridgetclare

I have been doing a placement in adult respiratory and we get all the paeds for lung transplants. All the nurses have been doing extra training, but it's tricky to adjust. We get all the CF patients when they are over 18 though.

From my experience in psych nursing, there is nearly the same risk in med-surg or emergency nursing. Where I did my placement, in an acute inpatient unit, we all carried around portably alarms that meant if you were ever threatened you just press it and 10 nurses and security come. I have worked in disability support and have been assaulted way more in that, then the people I know doing psych nursing. It's true that you need to be sensible with things like never letting a consumer between you and the door, but it can be enjoyable and rewarding.

Hey there, I have always been of the mind that nurses need to start acute and then if they want a rest later on that's fine too. But I would worry your training would be wasted at medispa. It just depends what you want out of your nursing and where you see yourself going.