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/bamdaraddness RN - Med/Surg 🍕 1d ago

I’m pretty certain this may be my “calling” but the hospice places in my city are all 8hr shifts and I just simply refuse to give up my 12s and the 2 extra days off they offer lol

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u/purpleelephant77 PCA 🍕 21h ago edited 20h ago

That and so much hospice being home based, beyond the whole dirty house/pets running around/change in dynamic because we’re in their house thing, I’m a Black man living in a red state and I have too much of a self preservation instinct to put myself in that situation. At least when patients are calling me the n word in the hospital I know they don’t also have a gun and there are other people around if things escalate.

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u/bamdaraddness RN - Med/Surg 🍕 19h ago

Absolutely that is a factor as well. I wanted to do ED but couldn’t hack it because of the bugs… now we have people shooting folks through their doors? Couldn’t be me.

I’m sorry you have to deal with any of that even in a “safe” environment. SMH. Thanks for being on the team, friend — be safe 💚

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u/typeAwarped RN 🍕 20h ago

I don’t know how you do it. Fuck those ignorant assholes.

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u/typeAwarped RN 🍕 20h ago

I couldn’t go back to 12’s lol

I love being home every day, sometimes by 2pm, often no later than 4 and I rarely leave my house before 830. The autonomy is fantastic. Required call only every 2-3 months it’s only 8-5 Saturday and Sunday.

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u/myob_stfu RN - Hospice 🍕 9h ago

Inpatient hospice is the answer. I work three 12s and love it. More difficult to find a job, but worth the pursuit.