WORKING CONDITIONS
- A urologist may work in a hospital or private clinic.
- Environment can be stressful or intense if patient comes in suffering extreme pain, which is why it is important to keep patients calm and relax while observing symptoms and preparing them for treatments.
- Must be able to work in an intense surgery environment.
- Surgery often comes with unpleasant smells/sights, but surgeon must continue working regardless of what happens when patient is cut open.
- When people respond negatively to surgery and bleed excessively, surgeon must be able to quickly fix issue and without getting sidetracked.
- Many surgeons work long/odd hours, and urologist have to prepare to work later than planned and or start a last-minute emergency surgery, which could last all night.
- Surgeon may work 24 hours straight before getting off.