Nursing sponsorship??? Emergency or Cardiology ?
I've got an invitational sponsorship from a national heart center in singapore. My parents are really supportive and encourage to take the sponsorship. They said i will be good for me in the future( carreer wise - icu). But i prefer to take another hospital sponsorship. This hospital is known for the busiest a&e department. Clear fact i love challenging situation and im reallt interested in emergency. But now i'm just not sure which hospital i should be bond to. In my culture there is a saying about parents choice for their children' parent knows what's best. So should i follow my parent choice or mind? Is working in the cardio department really that interesting?...
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Keep in mind, this is only my opinion. No, the cardiac unit is not near as challenging or interesting as the ER or the ICU. Working in the cardiac department, you see and care for only ONE type of patient....a cardiac patient. Granted, when things go sour, that patient can keep you busy and really challenge your skills and knowledge but, after a while, all your cardiac patients start to look alike. I worked in the ICU (both surgical and medical) and EVERYONE was different. I found the ICU to be challenging because you had to always be on your toes and stay one step ahead of catastrophe. It was a bit like detective work....you had to take heed of certain signs, symptoms, lab values, (etc etc) and figure out why things are happening. And take steps to prevent those things from happening. I enjoyed working with the sophisticated and delicate machinery and equipment. I enjoyed the challenge of the critical patients who were on ventilators and had tubes stuck in every hole of their body, plus a few extra holes that the doctor made! I also did some time in the ER and it was interesting for different reasons. Granted, a lot of what comes through the ER are non-emergency cases of people who just dont have insurance and cant pay to see a family physician, and that stuff gets really boring. Those are also almost always the rudest and most demanding people. (I dont know why). But, every so often, a true emergency comes through the door and it really gets your adrenalin pumping. Some nights, you never know WHAT you're going to see and almost every patient is different. Your main objective is to just stabilize them and then send them to the OR or the ICU for the longer-term care. I liked the ICU better because, after doing 14 years on the ambulance, I was ready for a little less chaos and something I had more control over. I dont want to go against what your culture has ingrained into you, but your parents dont ALWAYS know what's best for you. Unlike strangers, they always have your best interest in mind, but they still cant decide what's in your heart.
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Dude, follow your heart man... Well I got no damn idea that in the cardio department is interesting.. But every job have their pros and cons.. In fact I am a part time psychologist and a full time education trainer, I have the chance to meet all kinds of people, from mentally ill to children to adults. So I have one advice to you follow your heart.
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I love cardiac nursing. I find it very interesting.
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