I've been thinking about getting into the medical field but dont know to much about it. I've just finished an EMT course and just enrolled in some pre req's for nursing. If there are any Registered Nurses out there please let me know what you like and dislike about your job. I would like to hear from a few male nurses. Thank you.|||Ok, first I'm a Paramedic not a Nurse... BUT, my wife is a Nurse and we actually just had this conversation yesterday, so...
Like most things it depends on who you are (your personality) and where (and with who) you work. Your attitude and the attitude of those you work with will determine if you like your job more than anything else... no matter what you do.
In nursing, there are SO MANY places you can work and SO MANY types of nursing. This is why I had the conversation with my wife.
There was a nursing student who had been doing all her clinical and internship time in a "Skilled Nursing Facility" (Nursing Home) and in Med-Surg. She had become VERY dishearted and was going to quit. Then she did a rotation with my wife in a NICU (Neonatal ICU). She emailed my wife and said she was completly renewed in her motivation and enjoyed working with my wife and was pleased to see Nurses that "Actually enjoyed going to work". I can't speak for Med-Surg, but as a Paramedic I see Nursing home nurses everyday and just don't see any happy nurses there... I'm sure they are out there, but as a whole, they are not happy. My wife was also an ER nurse, she LOVED it, but again many nurses hated it, it was too much work and depressing for some.
My adviced: be a nurse. the oppurtunities are really endless (if you work in a place you don't like... you can always change places): Nurses are always in need, no matter what happens to the acconomy, you will always have a job. and it IS a job you can really enjoy, but that will depend on your personality. Work as an EMT during Nursing school... you will both get experience only ER nursing get, as well as see first hand the many different types of nurses and nursing oppurtunities.
Good luck and be safe.|||The medical industry holds a rich vein of different careers from the obvious nurse and doctor careers to adminstrative careers. My sister wanted to work in this vocation, but she wasn't sure perfectly what she wanted to do. She discovered the website in the resource box below, it has lots of tips, and it helped her to settle what she wanted to do. They have assistance with other jobs too.|||My sister retired from nursing. She liked being a nurse generally but said the hospital politics (Johns Hopkins) drove her up the wall. Advancement was all about who you knew and who liked you and who didn't. But I guess that could be said about almost all professions. Had she to do it all over again she would not have worked in a hospital.|||I love it !
The hours are long, but the rewards are well worth it.
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