Advice needed on becoming a burn nurse

At www.shrinershq.org , there are some fairly detailed job postings. For RN's in Boston, the positions I see all require or prefer prior experience. If you're in Boston though, you have access to some of the largest medical facilities in the US. Many larger hospitals offer nurse internship programs for their new hires. Although I don't see anything about that on the Shriners site, you might look at some of the other area hospitals to see if that's an option.

For now, I'd focus on doing well in school and keeping an open mind. Your second year will no doubt involve interesting clinical experiences. You might decide you like something even better than burns!

Just graduated with ADN and was hired on in our area teaching hospital's Burn Unit. It's the only burn unit in a very wide radius and we're a level I trauma center. How did I get hired? I think my grades (good GPA) helped, as well as my age (40's), and long experience in the mental health field. I guess the biggest reason is because they thought I'd be a good fit. Didn't learn much about burn nursing in school (1 day rotation), but they assured me that I will be trained in everything I need to know. Good luck in your nursing career (and please wish me good luck in mine...I'm sure I'm going to need all I can get)!

I'm one of 12 new grads that have just started in the burn unit at our state's pediatric hospital (it's the only burn unit in the state, so they take adult pt's too). I think it is going to be difficult at first because there is so much to learn, but it is a great teaching hospital and I think it will be so rewarding.