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I am currently a nursing student and I am writing a paper. Would you be able to answer some of the questions below about yourself? I am very interested in everyone's answers especially because I do not know what Nursing field I would like to go into and this would definitely help.

What nursing field are you in?

How long have you been in your position?

What does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?)

What are some of the challenges?

What are the most rewarding aspects?

Thanks so much, I am really excited for everyone's answers!!

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Specializes in Assisted Living Nurse Manager.

what nursing field are you in

i am an lpn. total 12 years in a clinic setting, 4 years family practice.

how long have you been in your position?

answer above

what does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this

position?)

you room patients, get vitals, give injections, do teaching, set up the rooms for the physicians, clean up the rooms, answer the phone, call in orders to the pharmacy, schedule surgeries, remove sutures and staples, start iv's when needed. (it all depends on the specialty you work).

what are some of the challenges?

i found the biggest challange is the phone. it can actually drive you insane with its constant ringing.

what are the most rewarding aspects?

watching people get better, being able to make a difference. the most rewarding is when a patient says "thank you " it makes my day and then all the hard work is worth it.

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Specializes in neuro, med/surg/, cardiac care.
I am currently a nursing student and I am writing a paper. Would you be able to answer some of the questions below about yourself? I am very interested in everyone's answers especially because I do not know what Nursing field I would like to go into and this would definitely help.

What nursing field are you in?

presently cardiology med/surg

How long have you been in your position?

10years

What does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?)

we have no nurses assistants or telemetry techs, so basically we do everything, which i don't mind, this way i know my pts very well

What are some of the challenges?

The biggest challenge for me is dealing with the contiued staffing shortages and having to "make do",

What are the most rewarding aspects?

The most rewarding aspects is discharging a patient and having them say thank you

Thanks so much, I am really excited for everyone's answers!!

Hope this enough for you , i could go on and on about the challenges , the high turnover with new staff is also stressful, as is the lack of support staff at night, which i predominantly work ie the clerks, housekeeping , etc. The night nurse really has to do it all. I just love being with people and my sense of humor has really helped me get through a stressful career, if you can laugh and make others laugh i think it will help you get through your days.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care, ICU.
I am currently a nursing student and I am writing a paper. Would you be able to answer some of the questions below about yourself? I am very interested in everyone's answers especially because I do not know what Nursing field I would like to go into and this would definitely help.

What nursing field are you in?

How long have you been in your position?

What does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?)

What are some of the challenges?

What are the most rewarding aspects?

Thanks so much, I am really excited for everyone's answers!!

ICU

5 years (13 total in nursing)

You need wings on your feet, nerves of steel, skin of leather, water tank size bladder, and the ability to recognize that blood, guts and gore are really cool!

convincing family that it is not good to wake up the sedated ventilator pt.

The most rewarding thing is seeing someone in Wal-Mart that you just knew would die when you first saw them in your unit.

Good luck in school.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

i worked in several areas of nursing, but i'll answer for one that was my favorite. . .

what nursing field are you in? iv therapy

how long have you been in your position? i worked officially as an iv therapist for a total of 6 and a half years.

what does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?) starting and restarting peripheral ivs in every unit of the hospital, making rounds and inspecting existing ivs looking for any complications, insertion of picc lines, repair and de-clotting of hickman, picc or other types of central iv lines, helping to train medical students, nursing students and any nursing staff who wanted to learn iv therapy

what are some of the challenges? people who are afraid of needles, obese patients, getting a 2-inch long 18g iv into a 500-pound man who had come into the er with chest pain by feeling for the vein only--no visible veins in sight, patients with edematous arms, taping an iv to an elderly patient with paper thin skin and getting it off without taking the skin with it, keeping an iv in a combative patient in restraints, starting ivs in newborn babies, patients whose last vein was used a week ago, doctors who won't acknowledge that it's time to consider a central line and still want you to try to find a peripheral vein, finding a vein that isn't sclerosed in a long-term drug abuser, nurses who will not recognize their defeat and limitations and repeatedly stick a patient four or five times blowing all their good veins and leaving nothing for us to work with before finally calling the iv team (medical students and residents will do this too), nurses who seem to make no attempt to learn how to manage an iv and just turf the responsibility off to the iv team calling us for every little problem they were encountering when their ivs wouldn't drip like they wanted them to, nurses who plastered all kinds of tape over the iv insertion site after we took great pain to dress and stabilize it so we could see what was going on at the puncture site.

what are the most rewarding aspects? getting a patent iv in a patient that everyone else couldn't! it's even sweeter if i get it and a doctor couldn't! passing the national exam and getting my crni (certified rn, intravenous) credential with the intravenous nurses society.

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what nursing field are you in?

home health

how long have you been in your position?

2 months and 7 days

what does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?)

i'll describe my day: i arrive at the office around 0800, check my inbox to see if i have any new pts to evaluate that day. spend some time at my desk cleaning up paperwork from the day before, and then i put together the paperwork i need for that day. if there are any meetings they will be held in the morning, so i attend those. i usually start making my rounds around 10. i have pts with different problems; i spend anywhere from 30-90 minutes with each, depending on the medical problem. if i finish my rounds by 4 i head back to the office to do my charting. if it's closer to or after 5 i go straight home and save the charting for the next day.

what are some of the challenges?

when i step into the home i have no immediate resources. i can reach someone by phone if i get stuck on something, but i am pretty much on my own. i spent most of my career in the er so i'm used to thinking on the fly, but i'm learning that the er way of doing things is not the only way! i sometimes have to think of unconventional ways to fix problems because i have to use what's available in the home...i can't call central supply and have them bring an item down in 10 minutes. i teach my pts and their families how to carry out treatments so i can discharge them..........that was weird at first: i'm used to the "no lvns in the er because of all the iv push/piggyback meds" and here i am teaching a wife or parent how to infuse meds through a picc!

what are the most rewarding aspects?

when i discharge a pt and they're better than when i opened their cases. i have an alzheimer's pt whose husband had to take over her med regimen because her dementia got too bad. in the beginning he was stressed and confused and scared. now he's handling it like a pro.

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what nursing field are you in?

i worked in rural nursing since i graduated. you do everything - ob, er, med/surg, post and pre-op, wound care, respiratory tech stuff as we have no techs, discharge planning, etc.

how long have you been in your position?

nine years but have recently moved to a bigger hospital in a bigger city and am starting in the er.

what does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?)

a little bit of everything . . .

what are some of the challenges?

being flexible.

what are the most rewarding aspects?

working in a rural hospital is rewarding - you know your patients from your community. you learn alot of nursing skills in many different areas.

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I am currently a nursing student and I am writing a paper. Would you be able to answer some of the questions below about yourself? I am very interested in everyone's answers especially because I do not know what Nursing field I would like to go into and this would definitely help.

What nursing field are you in?

Cardiopulmonary

How long have you been in your position?

4 months

What does the position entail (some of the daily activities in this position?)

Usually I come in and assess my patients, some are in for MI's/chest pain, others in for COPD exacerbation. So if there are any issues related to these I try to fix them. I interpret EKG strips, take care of pain that the patient may be experiencing, call the doctor if needed. Oh yeah and charting lots of charting. I work 12 hour shifts at night and hardly ever get to sit down.

What are some of the challenges?

Sometimes I will have more than one patient with a problem at the same time, for example one having chest pain another with bradycardia, that is very difficult to try to take care of both at the same time.

What are the most rewarding aspects?

Definitely watching the patient recover, and having them give you a hug and say thank you for taking care of me.

Thanks so much, I am really excited for everyone's answers!!

I hope this helps you!! Good luck.;)

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I haven't had a chance to get on the computer since I posted my interview. You Nurses have put such a huge smile on my face! I can't believe how many have responded! Sometimes I can't believe how helpful people can be, but I guess that is why you are all nurses!!!

Thanks so much for answering the questions, they help so much!!!!:balloons:

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