nightingale1991

All I can say about this situation is run, don't walk to one of your instructors or directors and report this person immediately!! Would you want her practicing on someone you love?

With a small child at home and a husband who works shiftwork, I found it difficult to work in the hospital environment. I was approached to take a parttime position with a home health agency and jumped at the chance. No two workdays are the same! At one time I had clients ranging in age from 18months to 90+ years. I enjoy working with clients with a variety of needs. I also enjoy being out and about and not being stuck in a unit for 8 or 12 hours at a time. I find that I have been able to develop more personal bonds with my clients than I was able to build doing bedside hospital nursing. It can be very challenging as you are alone and have no coworkers readily available for help or advice, but I have found my assessment skills and problems solving abilties have improved greatly! The great majority of my clients are truly happy to receive my services as they are able to be in their homes and continue on with as normal of life as possible while dealing with an illness or recouperating from an injury or surgery.

As someone who has been nursing for 10 years, I have experienced many areas of this wonderful career! I have worked in OB, Peds,ER, Home Health and Institutional nursing. I would strongly suggest that you get a feel of these various nursing areas before you make any decisions about which one may be for you. What you see as something you may like before you start school may really change once you have really experienced it!