What area of nursing do you like most and why?

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I'd like to hear from some of you nurses out there about what area you like the best in nursing. I have scheduled a time to job-shadow in the hospitals to see what area I might like to work in before I actually go to school for it. I know I definitely do not want to work in Geriatrics. What areas have you worked in and what is your favorite/least favorite and why?

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Specializes in CCU, ICU, education and Oncology.

Regard me I prefer and work in ICU where alot of nursing procedures done and working with critcal cases.

It perhaps need alot of effort but I am happy there.

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Specializes in ER, Clinical Informatics.

I'm about 5 weeks from completing my 4th block of school. I'm seriously looking into a postion in ICU if I can get hired in as a new grad. I just perfer being able to see almost immediate results with interventions that I perform. Might come from back in the day when I was an EMT. But I would much rather think and have to figure out problems like what are found in the ICU than in a reg Med-Surg floor.

Mig

ps- Just got my Preceptorship assignment in a level 1 trauma center in their ICU! WHOO WHOO!!

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I'd like to hear from some of you nurses out there about what area you like the best in nursing. I have scheduled a time to job-shadow in the hospitals to see what area I might like to work in before I actually go to school for it. I know I definitely do not want to work in Geriatrics. What areas have you worked in and what is your favorite/least favorite and why?

personally i love demntia- never a dull moment nor a slow day lol. not tomention all the really cool "trips" one gets to go on.... ( different eras, jobs, being someone else lolol) - also keeps ya physically fit warding off the wayward blows and running after the runaways. an all in one job lol.

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Specializes in ICU/ER.

I am a new grad December of 07 and am working in the ICU and I LOVE it....I hope I never lose this "I love my job" " I love being a nurse" feeling. The thing I love best of the ICU short of the interesting cases, lots of procedures, lots of communication with the Drs and the wonderful ratios. is the amount of time I have with me patients. We do full care, baths/med passes/treatments etc etc . I am able to do so much teaching. I love that part. I was torn between Er and ICU because I really like the critical side of nursing, but in the ER you see them, and move them out. In ICU I can have the same patients for days if not longer. I work with not only the patient but their family. It is a wonderful job. Not for everyone, but so far, perfect for me!!

Your future is so exciting! Congrats.

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Specializes in NICU.

It's NICU for me for sure. I just graduated in December and I already found what I love. I love that I only have 2 patients. I have so much time to focus on each baby rather than being pulled in a million different directions. I love that the docs are in house 24/7 so if anything comes up, they are right there. I love watching the babies go from sometime 1 + pounds uo to 5 pounds and then out to home. I love seeing the families and teaching the families. Of course there are days when I feel like pulling my hair out but the majority of days I really love what I do. Best of luck to you!

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Specializes in Oncology.

I absolutely LOVE oncology. People often think of oncology as a depressing specialty, but it is really just the opposite. I have not yet met an oncology nurse who doesn't love it - I'm serious. Yes, there are people get burned out sometimes because of the death involved, but it's such a wonderful specialty in so many ways. I feel so grateful each day for the opportunity to work in this field... and I mean that.

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