Which nursing jobs are most creative? I'd love some ideas.

[Diahni]

Hi Everybody,

From time to time, an allnurses.com member will ask about "most stressful job," "best paying job," etc. Well, I am wondering if anybody will kindly weigh in on this...I am very independent and love to build things - I built a hot tub, fix my car, do plumbing and wiring in my house. Even back in nursing school, I'd constantly be thinking of innovative ways to do things, and quickly found out about the "right way, wrong way and the nursing way." Is there anybody here who feels that his or her job allows for creativity and autonomy? To be sure, one of the best things about nursing is there is no question about "making a difference" to other people. This is great, but I need something more. Any ideas? I know there will always be paperwork and having to answer to supervisors. But I'd like to explore ways in which I could use my "inner inventor." Thanks much!

Diahni

[Greenlie]

This is far over due. Nonetheless, have you thought about being a medical/nurse consultant for a tech company or startup? There are a number of innovative software and hardware products targeting B2B businesses and also B2C consumers.

[ktwlpn, LPN]

If you want to stay close to the bedside consider dementia care. There is an art to caring for these people and it involves lots of teaching both with the rest of the staff and the family members.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Work comp case management, believe it or not, offers many opportunities to be creative. I am also a legal nurse consultant and life care planner, and there's a lot of creativity in there, too.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

I worked in home care and community pediatrics for years; I worked at a medical day care; sometimes there was a lapse in PT OT, ST...in turn, we found creative ways to help the children be on par when that happened; also using arts and crafts despite their various levels of abilities helped fine tune their gross and motor skills, psychosocial and socio emotional abilities.

I also second wound care nursing as a creative nursing job as well.