Tired of bedside nursing

Do you like patients? Can you build relationships with families? Are you a good educator? Yes...then consider hospice.

Out patient surgery units are the bomb. Quick in and out patient care. In pre op you see your patient for 1/2 hour and you're done. Recovery often the patient is home in one hour. Hours from 6 am ish to 7 pm ish., Monday to Friday. Most units closed nights, weekends, and holidays. You can't beat it with a stick!!!!!

Research Nursing - if Phase 1 you still get to keep some of your hands on such as IV, phlebotomy, EKG, etc. If you dont want to do that then find one with Phase 2-4 only. Check Covance and some others that may be in your area. Also Home Health (Almost Family, Apex are some of the better ones in Florida). Dialysis (although I hated it lol), Medical Case Manager for Worker's Compensation/Insurance industry (Genex in Florida, others also just google them). Loved Workers comp case management - no on hands, some travel and dont have to take too much garbage if any from pts. Check if a VA outpatient clinic in your area - they hire Infusion Nurses, Clinic Nurses, etc.

Good suggestions Lacie

lord i know the feeling. dont mind so much taking care of sick patients, but all the little drama that follows gets on my last nerve...tired of trying to help save the sick patient and trying to take care of the family at the same time. hell i can barely control what happens to my patient much less what happens to the patients extended family 3 states over. thank god for locked units.

I think if you want some more specific recommendations you will have to give us a few more details about the areas of nursing that your interested in but for now I can give you a few general recommendations. Nursing administration (in a hospital, LTC or home health setting just to name a few), nursing education (as a nursing professor or working for a particular institution as a nurse educator), case management, clinic nursing, nurse supervisor (many traveling blood clinics like the American Red Cross hire nurses as supervisors while phlebotomists draw the blood), nursing researcher, nursing informatics, nurse attorney and that's just a few that I could think of. The options are almost endless...

!Chris

Have you given consideration to the military reserves.It offers wonderful and exciting opportunities.

Oh wow...you have so many different opportunities I don't know where to begin!!!

You can come to the OR.

Want something completely different from any kind of nursing? Work in psych. :)

You've got to ask yourself: Are you tired of the job itself, or of the working environment? If the answer is the latter, why not consider travel nursing? That way, you won't have to give up all those years of training and experience, nor spend time and money developing new skills. Sometimes, a change of scenery and different ways of doing the same thing can really help you from getting burned out in your area. There are many travel nursing agencies around; I've heard good things about American Traveler.

I worked bedside on an oncolgy/g-med floor for twelve years and didn't realize how tired I was of it until I recently transferred to ER. ER is still technically "bedside" but there's such a variety and different focus it's been a great change for me. Something to consider anyway.

I dont blame you it sucks at times--I am tired of it just after two years--I am going back to grad school in the fall for an MSN and then DNP--Rather work with clients and not "Patients"