What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

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I thought this might be interesting to find out. Please include a reason, be it a bad clinical experience as a student, fear, lack of excitement, too chaotic, etc.

For me it would have to be the NICU. Don't get me wrong, I love babies. My problem would come the first time I saw an addict come to see her baby. I would lose my professionalism instantly. So I'm thinking it best to stay away from such a situation.

Specializes in MSICU and CCU.

No psych for me thanks! No peds (not because of the kids but because of the parents), LTC, OR or post-partum either for that matter. I'll stick to hearts and brains thanks. Love cardio/tele and have a keen interest in neurosurg./neurology

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Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.

I don't think I could ever do Peds. it was hard enough during pediatric clinicals dealing with the sick children. it was even harder though dealing with the worried parents (though I can understand their concern).

Also...I could never do adolescent psych. Psych clinicals were interesting for me. I was working with adults. I've heard adolescent psych is rough.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

My third semester in Nursing school we had Psych, then Peds then Mother/Baby. Hated all three of them! I had a 17YO a day after her C-section we were helping to walk to the BR (2 of us to help this otherwise healthy girl) and she slapped my hand because she thought I had touched her incision (I hadn't). That cured me of Mother/Baby.

But now I work NICU and I love it. I don't have any medical/Nursing responsibility for the moms so that helps. I thought the drug-using moms would really bother me but I cope as well as any of the others here do.

For those nurses who hate resp. patients. . . I worked on a chronic vent floor for several years and I guess I should have been an RT. It gave me some kind of sick pleasure to hear that sound of successful suctioning. Or use a Yankeur to suction secretions from any part of their airway. My charge nurse and I were turning a woman when I had to stop and sution her mouth of copious respiratory secretions, so much that my charge was out in the hall gagging. I was unaware of her distress until she ran from the room.

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It's gotta be ICU. I worked it and was way too stressed out all the time.

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HI guys!!!

Psych - See enough of it in the ER. I definitely couldn't do it all the time. Thank God for those who do!!!!!

It takes every one of us to make the it work. Thanks to everyone for the job that they choose.:)

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Labor and delivery. Way too much liability for me. I admire those nurses who take the risk...it's a wonderful rewarding field where one can see miracles happen everyday, but in today's litigious society it is not an even tradeoff...for me.

Luckily there are many areas of nursing where we all can find our 'most comfortable' AND most rewarding work environment. :cool:

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Specializes in Community Health Nurse.
Originally posted by Noney

CORRECTIONS

I scare too easy and have too much imagination. I get scared even driving past a prison!:rolleyes:

Noney

Me too Noney! I could never work Corrections. :nono:

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I'm guessing the burn unit. I just don't think I could handle that. I think I would be a puddle of tears most the time, knowing I couldn't do much to help them:crying2:

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I've worked in the ER ever since day one, so I guess there is nothing I absolutely wouldn't do--since we seem to see it all/do it all--at one time or another. With one exception...

My only real issue was in OB. I am fine with L&D...it's enough like trauma that I actually enjoyed myself there.

My problem came after the baby was born. Made me nervous to take the hand-off of the newborn to dry them up and give them the shots and eye drops...was always scared I was gonna drop them. But even that was tolerable.

The part I couldn't handle was teaching the new mother/father how to bathe the newborn. I would have a nervous breakdown by the end of the shift if that was my responsibility for any amount of time. I have had my babies, but they are grown now, and I have absolutely NO desire to handle the new ones again.

I have no problem handling any patient regardless of their age, mental status, hygiene, secretions, medical status or disability...

Psyche...bring it on...

LTC...no problem...

Peds...when I have to...

Burns...not a favorite...but doable...

As long as my patient doesn't weigh less than 10 pounds, isn't naked and slippery and I don't have to bathe them I'll do anything...

Let the good times roll...lol...

:roll

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dialysis-Been there done that

School nursing-Been there done that

OB- No way No how No way

I prefer the Hospitals thankyou:D

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Well, I could never work in any kind of respiratory dept. Mucous gives me the gag reflex. You'd think working in a LTC facility I'd get over it. Not a chance.

I love L&D, but I don't know how well I would do there. Or, how a situation like a stillbirth might affect me. Also, working with children and babies is kind of scary to me. I have my own and sometimes thats enough.

I guess I won't be able to make up my mind untill I get to clinicals and get started.

jules

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Peds- I have a hard enough time raising my own!

Burn Unit-- OMG no! too sad.

ortho- boring

telemetry- no thank you, not stimulating enough.

Teresa

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