What area's of nursing should i be looking into?

[2bnpcout]

(Im a Male) Okay, im new here, so be nice and try to be undrstanding about my situation, because u may not understand it but its something important to me. I am currently going to school for my BSN (Sophomore). Havnt started clinicals yet.

Some may say, dont worry about this now, but i like to think ahead big time, i cant help it:(. Anyways I am an Amatuer Bodybuilder and have been very sucessful. I want to become pro one day, but i also want to have a job, and be sucessful in bodybuilding and life with a family and kids. Bodybuilding requires alot of time, but my only conern is eating. Bodybuilders have to eat every 3ish hours. I know this is possible because MANY bodybuilders are nurses. Actually the majoirty of them are, because they work the 12 hour shirts 3 days a week. I have just never met any in person to ask them which feilds they work it.

So basically my question is, which feilds of nursing would best suite me. Obviously, my job comes first, and im not going to give up being a nurse for bodybuilding, because even tho i love both, i cant support a family off of bodybuilding. I know something like the ER wouldnt as thats fast paced. Im not talking needing 20 minute breaks to eat a meal, im currently a waitor and can eat in less than 2 minutes.

I remember when i had surgery, in the waiting room, the nurses who put the IV in my hand and conforted me (Pediatrics i was young) sat at the desk alot, she was eating yougurt when she wanted, a salad wen she wanted, etc.

Any help? Please be nice, and if u dont understand my lifestyle and you think its dumb or pointless, i understand, im not asking you to understand. Im just asking for assistance.

[luvdaisy]

I do home health and spend a lot of time in my car driving between patients. You could stop and eat somewhere or eat in your car while driving to the next patient. It is pretty flexible.

[suzanne4, RN]

You get the same legal break times in the hospital world in any area, the big difference in the state that you are in. Ca requires a 15 minute break be provided for each four hours of working.

And the nurse that was caring for you was not doing things legally at all, you cannot be eating in a patient care area. It is also an OSHA violation. Sure, you still may see it being done but it is not the proper thing to do. And if this happened when you were a child, the rules and requirements have changed.

Diabetics that wear infusion pumps are also supposed to eat every three hours as well; so I would not focus on which area, but what you truly want to do, it is the only way that you will like your job and truly enjoy it. And they work in all areas of nursing as well. And even some of the newer diets out there also require grazing every three to four hours as well, and this can get done at work.

Best of luck to you on your career.

(There is always going to be the horrible day at work, no matter which field that you select, then you just make sure that you have finger foods that you can snack on and no issue, you can always grab something on the run.)

[RNperdiem, RN]

I work 12 hour shifts in ICU. Lots of men work here. The break room is right off the unit, so if you get a little hungry, you can always pop in for a quick bite standing up.

You will always be welcome to help me with some heavy lifting. Seriously though, I try not to ask only the guys for lifting help. I am 108lbs, and have never been injured.

[Medsport, LPN]

Hey, glad there is another one out there. I'm also a bodybuilder. I have been lifting for about 18 years. I don't think I have the genetics to go pro, without help (which I have never done). I've never even competed, except for a couple power lifting meets years ago. I'm pretty much just lifting to stay in shape and improve myself. Anyway, I have the same concerns and people who don't lift don't understand the eating. I'm looking for a job now as I just got my LPN license. I would like to get into a doctors office or urgent care, but will probably settle for the jail or nursing home for now. I did notice that you don't always get a break in urgent care. But if you pack a sandwich or at least a protein bar, you can take a few quick bites when you get a chance to get through the shift.

[deeDawntee, RN]

Wow! Good for you to be looking into the future and getting some support and information about your concerns. I suffer from hypoglycemia and carry cereal bars with me at all times. Sometimes I need to get something into my system NOW and I have never had any problems in any of the areas where I have worked in eating a cereal bar on the run. Nobody is that anal. Perhaps if JCAHO is around I would be more discrete. But a quick bite or two while I am charting has never been an issue. So I would leave the decision of which area of nursing that you want to go into unfettered by that issue. Although during orientation, it may be a bit more difficult, depending on your preceptor.