What's the task you like doing most on the job?

[PreStudent101]

It could be anything.

[Spikey9001, BSN, RN]

Picking up my paycheck.

Calming and reassuring a scared/anxious patient.

[frumpter]

ABG's...I love when I nail it on the first stick and don't have to fish around!

[AusRN]

Getting an IV in that no one else could manage.

ABG bloods, I've done that plenty of times, but I still love doing it and interpreting results.

And ECG's... love interpreting ECG's.

However I hate assisting intubation, but only because I haven't done that very much. Hopefully will do that soon :)

[Poi Dog]

I like tucking my residents in for the night.

I enjoy giving report because it means that my shift is coming to a close.

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

Favorite thing would be doing chart checks and finding and fixing errors

I miss this, really I do. We switched to all electronic order entry and doing chart checks just ain't the same!

I'm shocked that five years later, I still enjoy drawing labs from central lines.

But the thing I really enjoy? I am a SICK woman...I *love* breaking open that code cart.

[bjaeram]

Adenosine!

Or the frantic 15 minutes of a fresh MI getting them iv'd and drugged and ready for cath lab.

emergent c-section in the ER

[Callisonanne]

I love giving shots :) I especially love when a psychotic patient is given a shot and then later thanks you for helping them through a tough time :)

[Rocknurse, MSN, APRN, NP]

I'm in the ICU. There's nothing I love more than having a really sick intubated patient on 20 different drips and coming in and rerouting all the lines, anally untangling them, labeling them and organizing every cable just so. All my meds and pumps line up, my charting is very neat and every item in that room is ordered and accessible. Then when I bathe the patient and leave them looking absolutely perfect, with all new canisters and tubing, mouth care done, lips glistening with Vaseline and hair combed. I know if a relative walked through the door that they would notice how well their loved one was cared for. I need order...can't work in a mess. It amazes me the state of the room sometimes when I've taken report from. My sheets are so perfect you could bounce a coin off them and it drives me crazy when you get the patient perfect and the radiology comes in and messes everything up! I have OCD obviously.

[Caffeine_IV]

-Clocking out

-Reporting off to oncoming shift

-Reassessing pain and hearing "it's gone or much better"

-Assisting when a patient is going bad

-IV sticks

[enchantmentdis, BSN, RN]

I'm in the ICU. There's nothing I love more than having a really sick intubated patient on 20 different drips and coming in and rerouting all the lines, anally untangling them, labeling them and organizing every cable just so. All my meds and pumps line up, my charting is very neat and every item in that room is ordered and accessible. Then when I bathe the patient and leave them looking absolutely perfect, with all new canisters and tubing, mouth care done, lips glistening with Vaseline and hair combed. I know if a relative walked through the door that they would notice how well their loved one was cared for. I need order...can't work in a mess. It amazes me the state of the room sometimes when I've taken report from. My sheets are so perfect you could bounce a coin off them and it drives me crazy when you get the patient perfect and the radiology comes in and messes everything up! I have OCD obviously.

Wow, love the verbiage!

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

IV's, I used to be scared of them and now it's like a determination to be great at them so I am not scared or nervous anymore.

I also don't mind difficult foley's. I was nicknamed the urethra whisperer during my practicum because I could get difficult foley's that others couldn't get.

Enjoy most things with a challenge, including difficult patients.