Some questions about your job

weekend warrior, BSN, RN · Apr 17, 2006

A. What is your title (RN. LPN etc)

RN

B. What setting do you work in (hospital, drs office)

hospital

C. If hospital, typeof ward

pediatric ICU

D. How long have you been doing it?

RN for 12+ years, in the ICU for 3

E. How many hours, on average, do you work per week?

I'm .75 FTE so that is 5 12 hr shifts in 2 wks. ( Full time 1.0 FTE was 7 12 hr shifts in 2 wks )

F. How many weekends, on average, do you work per month?

Required to work 6 weekend shifts ( Fri/Sat/Sun ) in 6 wks. I end up working every other weekend due to child care reasons.

G. List the 10 things you like MOST about your job?

1.Learning something new everyday

2.Being appreciated by families

3.Flexibility of scheduling

4.Shift work , therefore having stretches off without using vacation time

5.No need for expensive work clothes/ comfortable shoes!

6.Variety of my pts.

7.Being responsible for complicated care of critically ill pts.

8.Not needing to put my child in daycare because I don't work Mon-Fri

9.Flexible and transferrable skills, I like knowing I can work anywhere in the world and will usually be needed!

10.

H. List the 10 things you like LEAST about your job?

1. Politics

2. Having nursing picking up the slack for everyone! It seems it always comes down to the nurse. Everyone gets to play their 'that's not my role' card but us.

3. Unappreciated by the public and by employers many times.

4. Pay - seems we are the last in line to get raises etc.. depending on the political climate.

5. Working weekends and holidays.

6. No corporate perks like my friends get in their companies

I. What things did nursing school preprare you for the best/most?

Not much....

J. What things did nursing school preprare you for the least/worst?

I basically learned everything on the job.

control · Apr 17, 2006

I am trying to find out more about what nursing is like as a career, and if it's for me. Here are some questions:

A. What is your title RN

B. What setting do you work in office

C. If hospital, typeof ward

D. How long have you been doing it? 1 year in this office, 3 years prior to in hospitals

E. How many hours, on average, do you work per week? 50

F. How many weekends, on average, do you work per month? 3

G. List the 10 things you like MOST about your job?

1. Not in the hospital on a floor.

2. I have mandatory holidays and vacation days and good benefits

3. Low stress

4. Not on my feet all the time

5. I feel safe

6. I have my own work space (cube/office)

7. I feel like I am accomplishing something

8. I feel appreciated most of the time

9. I like my coworkers

10. My company allows me to travel occassionally

H. List the 10 things you like LEAST about your job?

1. Pay is not that great(overtime makes a big difference)

2. Pay is not that great (overtime makes a big difference)

3. Pay is not that great(overtime makes a big difference)

4. Pay is not that great(overtime makes a big difference)

5. Office politics.

6. Some of my coworkers

5. Upper management (sometimes, but not very often).

6. I'd rather be in Toronto

7. I wish I were closer to my apt so I could ride my bike

8. Uses up most of the hours during the day when you can do things (8-5).

9. It's going to be hard to fit grad school into this schedule

10. Pay is not that great(overtime makes a big difference)

I. What things did nursing school preprare you for the best/most?

How to function as a competent nurse and as an adult. Talk a good game, and able to back it up with action.

J. What things did nursing school preprare you for the least/worst?

Cover letter writing;peer interviews, i.e., more than 2 people; out of the hospital/clinical setting work (to an extent).

You're welcome!

mustanggirl · Apr 17, 2006

i am trying to find out more about what nursing is like as a career, and if it's for me. here are some questions:
a. what is your title (rn. lpn etc) rn
b. what setting do you work in (hospital, drs office) hospital
c. if hospital, typeof ward pacu
d. how long have you been doing it? rn for 6 3/4 years
e. how many hours, on average, do you work per week? 32 (can be much more with call)
f. how many weekends, on average, do you work per month? 1 24 hour call weekend a month, 2 nights of weekday call during a month
g. list the 10 things you like most about your job?
1. variety of patients
2. in pacu every day is different, new patients hourly
3. pay
4. autonomy
5. easy acess to physicians as compared to on the floor only a phone call a way (usually)
6. you can actually see an improvement in your patients over an hour
7. fast paced environment
8. help is just a shout across the room and your co-workers come running
9.
10.
h. list the 10 things you like least about your job?
1. combative patients
2. sometimes fast paced environment
3. hours
4. lifting
5. days where it feels like nothing goes right
6. feeling like you need a pair of rollerblades an about 8 arms so you can be everywhere at once (especially when i worked on med/surg)
i. what things did nursing school preprare you for the best/most?
1. the whole holistic and pathophysiology aspect of patient care
j. what things did nursing school preprare you for the least/worst?
1. taking care of numerous patients at once with millions of things going on
tia! (thanks in advance)

you-re welcome

chadash · Apr 17, 2006

Could TIA be "her" name?????????

I think T:thanks I:in A:advance is what she meant.... unlike the TIA that no one is thankful for!

Oops! guess someone else answered!