What would make you say "I could never do that"

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Specializes in PICU/NICU.

When I used to tell people that I worked in the NICU, their faces would light up because they thought I sat around and held babies all day.

Now that I'm back in the PICU, when I tell people what I do, I get these horrified looks and people(nurses too) will say "I could never do that!". Whats even better is when they say it's because they like kids too much!:eek:

So my question to my fellow nurses is ..... what could you never do?

I'll start.... I have a great admiration for Burn nurses! I admit that I do not know much about burn care because it has always been a fear of mine, but I have always thought you have to have a very special talent for this area!

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Specializes in LTC, Subacute Rehab.

Anything to do with childbirth / infants / children.

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Specializes in LTC, Med-SURG,STICU.

In patient pediatric psych. In clinicals I would always get little boys that were my boys ages (not by choice, it was my assignment) and I was horrified that children so young could have so many mental problems. I felt like crying every single day after clinical. I would go home and hug my boys.

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Specializes in CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control.

Psych!!!

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Specializes in LTC, office.
Anything to do with childbirth / infants / children.

:yeahthat: Never, ever.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

psych, just not my thing

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

childbirth/peds...just couldn't handle seeing sick kids and watching something the size of watermelon being squeezed out of something the size of a lemon.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Homecare, UR, Case Mgt.

Psych.

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Specializes in behavioral health.

Pediatrics. Although, I LOVE children, I would be so afraid of hurting them. I don't know if I could ever build up enough of confidence to practice nursing on children.

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Specializes in None.

I can handle a lot of gore and repulsive situation however, I could not handle going within 6 inches of a broken protruding bone outside of the skin...I guess ER is out of the question for me ;)

Dawn

age 39

Nursing Student

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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

I have no interest in (or patience for) sick adults, especially the whiny, entitled ones.

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I love Labor/Delivery, sick babies and kids and the ER - but please God, don't put me on the med/surg floor with a confused and combative alzheimers patient. They scare the heck out of me. I just don't have the patience for it.

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