I'm a 43 y/o male nurse and have been a nurse for 13 years. I have worked in ICU/telemetry and have also worked in hospice homecare. I'm currently working in a rehab facility. I am very much a type "B" person---I'm laid back, more of a "thinker", and I don't do well with stress and constant distractions, which seem to be such a factor in nursing work. I'm reluctant to leave nursing as I like the pay, but what area or related area in nursing could I work and still be happy?
2007-12-15 04:39:59 · 6 answers · asked by Kal H 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Health Care
Nursing is so broad today and there are jobs in all sorts of settings, clinical and non-clinical.
Some ideas:
Most large hospitals will have an epidemiology department.
Be a discharge planner.
Nursing education, staff developer (SNF), PPS nurse (SNF).
Lead a skin assessment team.
Be a nurse-recruiter or nurse educator..
Work for your state as a nursing home inspector.
Be a program developer.
Occupational health nurse for a large company.
Work as a reviewer for a health insurance company.
Read the want ads and the ads in your professional publications; even "Advance".
2007-12-15 07:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well of course you are stressed. You were in ICU and hospice. Those are two hard areas of nursing. I would say go to a private clinic setting (doctor's clinic office). The nurses I worked with in the clinic setting didn't seem to have the stress like the ones on the hospital side.
2007-12-15 08:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by wif_a_tude 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you think, maybe, you're too stressed in the clinical/hands on situation? You might probably be more comfortable in a Care Management type setting, where you can continue being involved in patient care by making care placement decisions according to acuity, and correlating their diagnosis with insurance eligibility. It may be time for you consider the possibility that clinical burnout has arrived, better that you recognize it and make a change before you decide that you don't like nursing anymore, feel trapped, or begin to hate your job. lol, dude, The life of a Nurse ain't easy....
2007-12-15 06:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by ♥LaVitaLoca! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try school nursing, research, clinics, or a psych unit. Since you have a lot of experience consider teaching, LPN schools hire RN's to teach.
2007-12-15 13:00:35 · answer #4 · answered by ctelly22 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe teaching. Nurses can teach nursing student or CNA's or maybe Nursing Administration. If you like kids you could be a school nurse.
2007-12-15 08:46:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clinical drug studyies for a pharmacutical company
2007-12-15 04:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda I 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋