Which unit is more relaxed?

...look it up.

kick back:

1. Informal To take it easy; relax: kicked back at home and watched TV.

frankly it bothers me anyways that you are concerned about which unit you can slack the most in.

what's a more kick back unit, ER, Telemetry (DOU, Stepdown ICU, etc.), or ICU/CCU? Please don't stay that none of them are kick back. There has to be one more kick back than the other. Please rate these 3 units in order of most kick back to least kick back, on a scale of 1-3, 1 being most kick back.

ER

Telemetry (DOU, Stepdown ICU, etc.)

ICU/CCU

Username, the answer is D: None of the above.

There is the likelihood that a nurse will run their tail end of on any of those units at any given time.

Look outside of acute care if you are looking for 'kick back'.

Cardiac-RN, BSN, PCCN

Sorry, but the answer is really 'none'. None of them are 'kick back". The only "kick back" nurses on those units are lazy nurses. Which means the pt didnt' get good care.

So if your pt getting a bedsore, VAP or just being in pain is something that appeals to you, then gees....I don't know what to say.

To the OP: The answer to the question is that clearly none of the units are going to be informal as all are dealing with critically ill patients.

Thread closing as discussion no longer helpful.