Whats the best job in healthcare?

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whats the best job in healthcare? chief nursing officer? crna? ER doc? rad tech? pharmacist? dentist?

the best job would include a balance between:

-working conditions

- income

- fulfulling

- consider length of training/loans

- job opportunities

Right now it looks like a CRNA is among the best

Ever thought of cardiac anesthesia? CRNA is a wonderful quality of life. high pay, low stress, great hours, and an excellent job satisfaction. I do not know one CRNA that regrets going into the profession or hates their job. I know plenty of RNs (myself included) that hate bedside nursing.

I have a question...

My dream job is to become a Cardiac NP. It's either that for me, or just pretty much get out of healthcare altogether, or maybe just work as an RN 1X/month or less. However, quality of life is VERY important to me! I guess I want my cake and to eat it too! Ideally, I would love to work as a Cardiac NP like 1 day/week in an office/clinic and then 1 day/week rounding in the hospital. I kinda think my fiance would prefer me to stay home and focus on our (future) family, but I really wanted to do the Cardiac NP thing to give me some variety/stimulation in my life aside from family. I know this type of job is usually very demanding and the groups usually want to work the NPs to death (especially with taking call and rounding in the hospital - which my fiance says is a poor quality of life), but does anyone know if it is possible to have this position in a part-time, more laid back fashion? Talk to me baby!

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

For me, it doesn't get any better than the job I've held the past couple of years as director of nursing services in an assisted living facility. I have the freedom to be as creative as I want to be, to do as much or as little direct care as I want to do, and to educate staff, residents, families, and even the community on all sorts of health issues. Yes, the responsibilities are many, and at times they weigh very heavily on my shoulders; I also don't earn as much as I did as a hospital nurse. But at this stage of my life, money isn't anywhere near as important as personal satisfaction, and I'm certainly not starving to death anyway, so I can't complain about that either. I love my job!!!

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.
Being a rig medic is, without a doubt, ONE of the best jobs in healthcare. You get to travel the world, have complete autonomy running your own clinic far at sea, and the money is at least as good as I would make as a nurse manager.

Pardon my ignorance but what is a rig medic? ;)

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.

One of the best jobs I've seen so far was dialysis nurse in the hospital! One pt and great pay! (This was at Kaiser, not some outpatient dialysis clinic.) The man loved his work and made more money than any other nurse at the hospital. :)

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Specializes in Psych, M/S, Ortho, Float..

The best job I have seen is Recreology in a psych hospital. Their pay starts above the nursing top scale rate and they get paid to play with the patients. I may be over-simplifying things, but it really burned my patuckus when I found out. No patient care and if they start to act up, just send them back to the ward and let the nurses deal with it!! I want to get paid to play too! No weekends, holidays or wierd shifts to boot.

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Specializes in LTC/SNF, Psychiatric, Pharmaceutical.
Well, they are, but hardly ever get called. Mine did a procedure on me, and over the weekend I developed an infection that looked like it was turning into a cellulitis. He was on call for their practice, and when he called me back he actually chastised me for daring to call him outside of office hours, but did apologize when he saw my cheek.

I should hope so. In the age of MRSA, something like that qualifies for a bona fide urgent issue. There are quite a few people who have died over the past few years from skin infections.:angryfire

I had a MRSA skin infection once. Those are NO LAUGHING MATTER. I literally thought I was going to die, and had to be on Bactrim DS and doxycycline for 30 days. I still have the scars.

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Pardon my ignorance but what is a rig medic? ;)

I'm guessing this person is a medic on an oil rig.

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I'm guessing this person is a medic on an oil rig.

That is correct. I run my own 2 bed clinic for 115 people and get to bank TONS of frequent flyer miles. It is a great job.

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.
That is correct. I run my own 2 bed clinic for 115 people and get to bank TONS of frequent flyer miles. It is a great job.

Now that sounds like it would be a great job to me.

What is the worst case you have had to deal with so far?

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Well, what is "serious" in the ER of a Level 1 Trauma Center in the States and what is "serious" 45 miles off the coast of a third world country are two different things. LOL

We have everything from dengue fever, lots of skin MRSA (incision and draining abscesses), the routine upper respiratory viruses that run rampant through the rig, etc, etc, etc. Not as much trauma as most people who are not in the oil business seem to think. There is a lot of emphasis on safety. We also do food safety, potable water testing, first aid training, vaccinations, etc.

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.
Well, what is "serious" in the ER of a Level 1 Trauma Center in the States and what is "serious" 45 miles off the coast of a third world country are two different things. LOL

We have everything from dengue fever, lots of skin MRSA (incision and draining abscesses), the routine upper respiratory viruses that run rampant through the rig, etc, etc, etc. Not as much trauma as most people who are not in the oil business seem to think. There is a lot of emphasis on safety. We also do food safety, potable water testing, first aid training, vaccinations, etc.

Thanks for your response and input. :)

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Specializes in Med/Surg; Psych; Tele.
Ever thought of cardiac anesthesia? CRNA is a wonderful quality of life. high pay, low stress, great hours, and an excellent job satisfaction. I do not know one CRNA that regrets going into the profession or hates their job. I know plenty of RNs (myself included) that hate bedside nursing.

Hey, that's what it's all about - not completely hating to drive up to your workplace like I do so often these days (as a bedside RN).

Thanks - that is definitely something to consider.

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