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Hello!
Any opinions on which nursing specialty is the least stressful?
Thanks,
jollyjenny
This is a really interesting thread. I agree the question is highly subjective, however I think the feedback the OP is getting is really helpful.
I'm a newbie on med-surg, most days I feel like my head is going to explode - but that's a combination of the challenges of being a new nurse and the challenges of med-surg. I would love to work with Mamas and babes...if for nothing else than to KNOW I won't have a single 98 year old full code...
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In my experience:
The RN/ Actor: RN playing the role of A RN in film, TV, and theater.
The catch: to be connected in order to audition and be cast in the role of a RN.
(I'm still trying to figure that one out.)
NOTE: good acting skills required.
Bummer: free- lance work (unless you are cast in a series)
From past experiences in school and from what I have heard from others ...post partum - most moms and babies are healthy, the work becomes routine, it is a happy place
I'm not familiar with any hospitals that only have pp areas... in many small hospitals that require you to be able to work L and D, Post Partum and Nursery and you go where you're needed.
In our facility, we take high risk antepartums as well as a variety of GYN surgery patients. So yeah, it would be pretty sweet if we had just low-risk post partums, but that's not the case for us. I can say though that it beats the heck out of Oncology where I was just a year ago...
hellerd2003, RN
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You ask about least stressful, but I think "least stressful" means different things to different people.
For example, if I worked in a job that didn't make a difference, I'd be stressed! I worked as an OT in psych and was miserable because I made NO difference in my clients' lives.
Now, I work as an RN in ICU. My job is very stressful . . . but less so than my previous job because I feel I'm making some difference. When a client that had, for all purposes, died twice and should be dead, walked into our doors for a visit 5 days ago, I nearly cried on the spot. It made my job worthwhile.
So, define "stressful".
--Heather