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LMAO! Yes, your "profession." Please, what a joke... Oh, and I'm not a "she" BTW, stop taking yourself so damn seriously. I may really only care about my paycheck, but I know my stuff, put on a fake smile, and take good care of my patients. Many even request me as their nurse once I've had them. Little do they know... Lol.

Zero. I hate them all. Lol. To answer everyone's question, nursing was a quick 3 semester answer to this horrible economy. It's a temporary career detour if you will. Now I'm really gonna get it from all the randy nurses... lol

Thanks again guys. I actually shadowed someone in the psych unit a couple of days ago and I quickly realized that psych is definitely not for me. I left within two hours of arriving. The place feels like a prison and the patients are beyond annoying, disgusting, and absolutely coo-coo for coco puffs (duh). Not my cup of tea.

Thanks for the responses guys. I've actually been considering cath lab, OR, and dialysis as well. Basically anything that takes me away from traditional bedside. I just don't want to keep bouncing around to new depts. It looks bad. I want the next dept I choose to be the one I stay in.

I've been an RN for 3 years and have worked med/surg-tele, ICU, and ER. I'm now thinking of making a move to psych because I can honestly say that I hate traditional bedside nursing. 1) I am sick of constantly having to clean up feces, urine, emesis, and other ungodly bodily fluids. That I know of, psych patients perform their own ADL's. 2) I'm tired of having to deal with obnoxious patients and family members that think you are their personal servant/slave. 3) I'm completely over doing all the disgusting medical nursing tasks like cleaning pressure ulcers, changing dressings, inserting foleys and rectal tubes, etc. I am assuming these things won't be an issue is the psych unit, but you know what they say when you assume. I don't want to make the switch and later find out that it is not what I thought it was. That being said, every time I've been to a psych unit, the nurses have seemed pretty relaxed and content. Definitely not stressed out like in other depts. Any input from experienced psych nurses as to what it's really like to work on a locked down psych unit will be greatly appreciated. No sugar coating. By the way, I'm a 26 year old male, so dealing with psych patients does not frighten me and will not be an issue.