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I have to say that my pseudo-career change shocked me. I say pseudo because I only did it for two days but I knew that it wasn't the right thing for me, after the first day I knew that it wasn't for me, but I gave it another shot just to be sure. I really never thought that I would prefer hospital nursing to home health, I figured it would be the opposite. However, pediatric home health is not for me. Don't get me wrong, I like pediatric nursing, I LOVE kids, they're awesome! I like taking care of them, in the hospital setting but the home care setting was scary. Mainly because I was there alone and I had to make all the decisions. Granted, the kid that I had wasn't terribly acute, in certain ways but still, it was more than I am ready to handle at this stage in my career.
I'm still a fairly new nurse. I will have been a nurse for a year in August. I got my license in June but didn't start working until August. I never set out to be a floor nurse, I'm planning on getting my master's and being a nurse practitioner. However, until then, I will be working the floor...which surprises me because I didn't figure that I would enjoy it that much, but I do. Plus, there are always other nurses and doctors and respiratory therapists around to help me out, I don't have to do anything alone, like you do in home health. Yes, I make my own decisions but, I have other, more experienced nurses around that can help me. That is a good feeling. I feel like I will always need that, but I know that's not true. I will feel comfortable on my own and there are certain things that I am definitely comfortable doing on my own, but then, there's always that situation that I like having someone else to bounce my ideas off of.
So there it is, I enjoy being a floor nurse. :) Have a great week you guys!!!
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