To get a better idea of which careers are the most stressful, CareerCast examined 200 professions to compile its latest Jobs Rated report.
CareerCast weighed 11 factors to rank the most stressful jobs: travel; deadlines; working in the public eye; competitiveness; physical demands; environmental conditions; hazards encountered; the life of oneself or others at risk; meeting and interacting with customers or the public; and the potential for job growth.
Based on the 11 factors evaluated to determine the CareerCast’s jobs rated stress rankings, these 10 are the least stressful for workers:
Julie Herl RDMS says
Your article is not accurate. Sonography is a very stressful job. Did you even interview anyone or do any research at all.? Every image you create. You can miss something in a nanosecond and it’s your fault. Drs depend on our eyes and skills everyday and that is stressful not to mention trying to scan children and covid 19 patients all day in the ICU around a vent and IV poles becoming a contortionist. Do some research!!
Kit Onufer says
This is so inaccurate it’s laughable.
Lil says
Omg.. You are so wrong lady. I’ll hand you the ultrasound probe to perform an anatomical exam on a 20 week fetus.. I don’t know who told you this lie, but whoever it was is just as clueless as you. You’re a poor excuse for a journalist.. Real journalists research before they write ridiculous articles.
Karen says
This profession needs to be taken seriously. It’s not Easy. I’m 40 plus years registered and have been involved in lots of life and death situations. Whoever researched to say it’s easy is very wrong and did not talk to the real deals involved in this profession
Megan Stryker RDCS says
Highly inaccurate article!! A day in the life of a Sonographer:
While you are in the middle of a stat echo your pager goes off for two more stat echoes. There is no way to predict inpatient volumes so you cannot staff for it. So you have to triage, which patient is crashing…which patient has the luxury of time? You have to be fast but you also have to be perfect. If you miss something, the cardiologist will have bad information, making a decision that could end a life. There are many hazards in the workplace—often times we are called to the ER to do an ultrasound before the patients labs come back so you perform the ultrasound only to find out later that you were exposed to MRSA, Covid-19, C Diff, etc.
Then there is the physical stress of trying to maneuver the probe far enough into a 400 lb patient that you can get a glimpse of his/her heart. You are expected to get quality images on a patient no matter their size or condition. They are laying flat on their back, they are intubated, the ICU equipment keeping them alive is in your way…figure it out.
I am proud to posses the kind of mental and physical fortuity that is required by this job. It is by far the most challenging and stressful job I have ever had.