What is your area of nursing and your reason for choosing it.

thinkerbel · Nov 3, 2008

Hi! Personally, I would go for ED/ER :nmbrn:because I like action and drama...Yes, its tiring, but just like any other areas, the rewards are limitless...In addition, no matter where you are, the important thing is knowing and living the real reason for being a nurse...:heartbeat

I also like CCU and Theatre he he... :yeah:

Goodluck & God Bless.

helloworld · Nov 3, 2008

I work in the ER/ED because I love the challenge and the unpredictability of it. I started in the ED as a new grad in March and it was a baptism by fire, but my confidence has grown in leaps and bounds and I am in a place professionally and personally where I thought it would take me years to get to. It helps that I'm a fast learner and that I thrive on challenges and love to think on my feet. I also spend lots of time after work reading and keeping myself informed and updated on conditions, procedures, meds and all that. But I would not trade it for anything else. Eventually I would like to spend some time working in Trauma.

rookie_rn · Nov 4, 2008

hey there! rookie_rn here. just wanted to share that i am currently in the field of psychiatric nursing (adult mental health) and i am loving it!

when i graduted and got my bachelor's degree in nursing three years ago, psych nursing was the very last thing i was thinking of doing. i was more interested in ed/er nursing and/or icu nursing because of the "action" and fast-paced environment. but, for whatever reason (by chance or by destiny), i got into adult mental health and i have been doing it eversince.

personally (this may just be me), there is something about the predictability or unpredictability of human emotions and human behavior that greatly appealed to me. i love the interactions and i love the nurse-patient therapeutic communication aspect of psych nursing. i have met several patients with very "interesting" personalities and "behaviors".

this month, i will be starting work on the child and adolescent mental health unit and i am looking forward to it.

and now i am also looking into going back to school (god-willing) and getting a master's degree to become a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner someday.

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"that in all things, god may be glorified."

tdbones · Nov 4, 2008

Thanks everyone for all your inspiring words of wisdom. God be with you all as you continue to serve our ailing community of unstable and hurting people. It't great to be in this profession. God bless us all. :nurse: