Posted by sdjeff on August 18, 2004, at 23:34:38
In reply to Re: Thinking of becoming a nurse, input? » sdjeff, posted by jay on August 18, 2004, at 21:45:51
Thanks everyone for your input. Gave me a lot to think about. I am leaning more towards the occupational/physio stuff because it seems to be less stressful. I know for instance that a trauma or ER ward would just kill me. Way too much stress. I've been in enough of them as a patient. I could only imagine what the staff goes through.
I got to see how a rehabilitaion ward works when my grandmother went through a bout of pneumonia. nursing in that sort of field seems pretty interesting. It's also a regular 9-5 type of thing, at least in the hospital my grandma was at. I think that this kind of nursing would involve more anatomy, which is something I'm weak on.
as far as psych, I feel that I have more empathy to offer than a "normal" person. However that enviroment has its own stresses that I'm not sure I could deal with.
Well, I've got 2 or 3 years to think about it.
Thanks again,
-Jeff
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