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There is a big glut of new grad nurses who cannot find jobs in their field. If you have a steady gig in this economy, I think it would be unwise to give it up for an extremely saturated field.
Also, I say this with gentleness but why the hell do you think you are cut out for nursing if you can't stand the sight of blood or other body fluids? I am in nursing school and have more than two years of healthcare experience and I guarantee you that poop and blood and vomit cannot be avoided.
But the truth is that if you're really good at what you do, it will tend to get boring.
This applies to almost anything.
Ah well I must've sucked I see what you mean though, it is true that you will deal with 95% bull and 5% s hits the fan. Are you in a smaller town? I have worked in both small town and large city and have to admit yes there are really slow moments in the small town, but the city (very dense population) was always busy.
Ah well I must've sucked I see what you mean though, it is true that you will deal with 95% bull and 5% s hits the fan. Are you in a smaller town? I have worked in both small town and large city and have to admit yes there are really slow moments in the small town, but the city (very dense population) was always busy.
Nope.
4 different trauma centers (3 level 1s), stroke center, chest pain center...all the big stuff.
It's not about it being bull (though it often is). It's just that after a few thousand patients, nothing is new or challenging or anything. It's basically different versions of the same thing over and over.
But like I said...do you really want a doctor who is challenged by what they do? Or someone who is like, "Yeah, seen this a thousand times and can totally handle it"?
I keep doing what I do because I am really freakin' good at it. And I care about my patients. But the satisfaction of having a stimulating, intellectually challenging career...not so much. I just know that about me. Once I get good at something, it bores the pants off me. It can be anything.
Not everyone is like that, and I know many people who find it stimulating to see all the gore or whatever other business. Believe me when I tell you it's a whole different feeling when you are ultimately responsible for the life or death of that guy, though. It's different than just kind of watching it or helping.
Youre an ER doc and find it boring? Jeesh. Youd hate my job then.
Probably. I hear about people's office desk jobs and I don't know how y'all do it.
I've done that kind of stuff before and every day was like torture.
It's just repetition. Anything like that will get boring.
The point of my bringing this up is because I don't think you should look for fulfillment/entertainment in your job...you may eventually get disappointed.
You should find the fulfillment in a job well done and a service to your community/clients, etc. Otherwise you'd just be job hopping forever.
There's repetition in virtually anything and everything. There's no way to avoid it, and in truth, some people actually prefer things that way ( the chance to daydream, little to worry about, etc). I do agree with the OP when comparing accounting with nursing. I doubt that I could ever get excited about accounting, regardless of the type..
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I see what you mean though, it is true that you will deal with 95% bull and 5% s hits the fan. Are you in a smaller town? I have worked in both small town and large city and have to admit yes there are really slow moments in the small town, but the city (very dense population) was always busy.
