What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Nov 24, 2003

Wow, what an interesting thread!! I'm suprised at all the votes for peds, although that would have to be my choice too of areas never to work in.

Erin RN · Nov 24, 2003

Originally posted by peggysue
ROTFLMAO!!! :roll

What did you do? I would have puked! :chuckle

I finished cleaning the trach, trying to think "nice thoughts" went to the bathroom and puked up my dinner. I tend to be a "gagger" anyways..there have only been 2 times in the last 12 years that I have vomited..the trach incident and when I tried to change the dressing on an elderly man's feet that were basically rotting. It was strange because it wasn't like gangrene, when I took off the old dressings the guys feet were like "stringy peanut butter"..that also happened when I was in school. I did home health for several years and did dressing changes on many gangrenous feet, legs and horrible decubs..never saw (or smelled) anything even remotely like the "peanut butter" feet again..Erin

ilynn · Nov 24, 2003

i kindof like and hated the OR at the same time.

it's fun but the tension is just enough to take the fun out of it.

i was kindog shOcked seeing my patients in regional anesth wriggling or something - EWWW

that was creepy...since im soo used to having them sliced up half dead!

i like NICU though...

i despise the Isolation rooms.

FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I · Nov 24, 2003

Oh yeah. The OR thing. I absolutely loved looking in those bods. I sure learned a lot about anatomy, the only thing that bothered me though were the scopes. They were too dull, and unfortunately, even though I did love my experiences in the OR, when those surgeons were cutting and repairing, it made me think of mechanics working on cars.especially when I saw them use hand drills, screwdrivers, and hammers. :rolleyes: And that can definitely be dangerous.

Fran:nurse:

ckalston · Nov 24, 2003

Right now long term care. It does not seem to present the challenge I would need to keep excited about my job. On the other hand when I get to be in my 60's, this job may be more suited to me. I know it can be hard work (I have done it before) but dealing with the same patients every day can be less stressing (IMO).:)

inna · Nov 25, 2003

TELEMETRY/CCU and to make things worst make it a Geriatric Unit....Yes!! our pt's average age is 80's. Imagine working with really sick old patients, where you often get a lot of TOTAL CARE pts. Where you have to be more watchful because a lot of them are confused, falling down the floors, needs to be fed... and do a lot of cleaning poops... cna's can't handle them all so we really have to help them.. and if you're lucky you could have a vent pt. who loves to pull it out and climb out of bed with his poopss all around his body after playing with it......aahhh can't wait to leave this unit!!!!

grouchy · Nov 25, 2003

Originally posted by amycar11
eversince i was a child, i never wanted to be in ANY medical course...

but, here i am... already in my last year of Nursing School...

i joined an extemporaneous speaking contest in my school and my question was: WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE AND GREATEST REWARD OF A NURSE IN TODAY'S AGE AND ERA... i blew it BIGTIME...!! :eek: i answered "my own personal challenge and greatest reward" i was "selfish" and i did not take the answer in general...

it just showed that unconsciously, i still don't want to be in nursing... although i find extreme pleasure in caring for patients to some degree and knowing that i made them comfortable and i did something good...

( i like having my duty in PSYCH,OR-DR,MICU)

my heart is still crying out... i'm not for nursing...

i want to bail out... but i love my parents and i don't want to disappoint them... i know that they just want what's best for me...

i've been having ambivalent feelings since then... it's just terrible...

Nursing school sucks! I personally felt like I no longer wanted to be a nurse, or wouldn't be a good nurse by the end of nursing school. But nursing school is all about conformity and care plans. It's a very rigid, uptight mindset. It's not that reflective of the real world. My advice is to hang in there. You've put in enough hard work and money. You may find a niche you like, as I did. Even if you don't, your nursing degree will be an excellent stepping stone. You could get an M.B.A., become a lawyer, become a biomedical engineer, or going into nursing informatics/computer science, for example. Even if you hate nursing, you can probably tolerate it for 1-2 days a week, while you train for another field. And, you'll bring in much better money doing that than working at Walmart or something while you try to transitionto doing something you love.

FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I · Nov 25, 2003

Yeah, I used to dread shower day. One time I got a resident in his shower chair, and there it went! A giant pile of poop on the floor under him. It happened a few times in the shower too. It seemed like they were given their laxatives the night before shower day. :rolleyes:

But unfortunately, when I was in the CCU on a vent, which happened twice last year. I had some embarassing stories relayed to me that I knew nothing about. They said I actually climed out of the bed, and then fell on the floor while hooked up to TPN, IVs, and a foley catheter. I don't remember any of it. I felt like I lost two weeks of my life both times I was in the CCU.

I was in the PCU last August, and a nurse placed a hot pink wristband on me to accompany my ID band. I asked her what it was for, and she said because I was a high risk for falling. :rolleyes: My daughter took pictures of me when I was intubated, etc. to show me I had to have wrist restraints on me. So sad that I missed all the action.

jailnurse1033 · Nov 26, 2003

I always thought I would never do Corrections. Then I picked up a side job at the prison, just because the money is so good. After the first week I just loved it and went there full time. So if I had to pick an area now I would never work in it would have to be inpatient psych (which I did for 5 years and enjoyed, but don't picture ever returning).

Kiwi Nurse 2 Be · Nov 26, 2003

I am with some of the other posts........CORRECTIONS!!!!! I just cannot see myself dealing with that aspect of nursing!!!

zambezi, BSN, RN · Nov 26, 2003

As others have said, I like to keep my options open, I don't think there is one type of nursing that I just could not do, however:

I can't say that I am overly interested in psych--though I kind of liked it in school, I always went home thankful for how good I have it but it was kind of depressing and soooo tiring mentally (we all know that we get lots of psych in every unit though, even management :) )

OR is interesting for one or two cases but for me, I think that it would be soooo boring after the first day.

endoscopy/GI; ummm not for me, thanks.

:chair:

Not so interested in ortho either.

The beauty of nursing is all the variety, there is something for

almost everyone!!

RN't-I-Cute · Nov 26, 2003

I could never, ever do Psych nursing so hats off to those who have the courage to. I worked on a very busy Med/Surg (Trauma/Ortho) floor and whenever I had a patient with a psych hx., I was emotionally and physically drained at the end of my shift.