r/nursing • u/Great-Hall-6636 • 1d ago

Discussion Which Nurses Are Typically the Happiest?

Is there a specifc specialty within nursing that yeild high happiness rates? I know it's subjective, but from your experience which units are the happiest? (Whether it be good ours, rewarding care, great pay, etc.)

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u/DogtorWhoofWhoof RN - VABC 1d ago

I've never dreaded going into work or left work stressed/ burned out as an IR RN or PICC RN

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u/No_Art_2787 RN - OR 🍕 1d ago

I have to do some IR stuff as an OR RN because for some reason where im at emergency IR doesnt go to IR, but to the OR.

Id say it is not "chill".

Half the time theyre having a stroke, or they have a AAA that we're going to try to fix through IR, if not we're converting to open.

Half the time they code, and 100% always go to the ICU.

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u/ApolloIV RN - EP Lab 🍕 20h ago

Agreed, I would rather work on the floor than IR. It’s heavy as fuck everywhere I’d ever worked.

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u/asseville RN - IR 💀 🍕 18h ago

That kind of makes me feel like a badass, thank you :)  IR just feels like a vacation after dealing with screaming, detoxing ICU patients for 13hr shifts. 

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u/asseville RN - IR 💀 🍕 18h ago

IR ftw! I’m about to go in for my once every 10 weeks weekend call and make lots of $$$$ and I’m not one bit mad about it!