[BumblebeeRN]

Hi!

I'm a new grad, I've been working with my RN license since Jan of this year.
I work in an all free-standing pediatric hospital (no adult care at all) and I love it. The children are great, staff is awesome, and I feel like I am in my second home when I go to work. couldn't be happier.

I work in the orthopedic/surgical floor on nights. and it is awesome. I love the patients there. (no seizures, cancer, or unstable patients!)

so what kind of pediatric specialty do you work in?

thanks for sharing!!

[LoveSlim06]

I also work at a free standing pediatric hospital. I work on a floor with respiratory, neurology, renal. Those are our main ones but we do get other things also. We get a mix of stuff. I love the kids but right now, we are really sort staffed on our floor and it's causing a lot of stress. But I do like the hospital though just not some of the staff I work with at times.

[ChristineN]

I'm a PCT in a peds only hospital (will be GN in Aug) I'm on a unique unit that gets all adolesants as well as all diabetics, regardless of age. We can get other stuff as overflow, but I love endocrine!

[wanttobeanavynurse]

I work on a specialty floor with Trauma, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and neurology patients. Overflow too, i.e. RSV.

[JustaPatient]

As a patient I have been on a neuro floor (my surgeries are due to tumors around nerves and the one that they operated on is my optic nerve so they put me there.

Transplant ward (it is also short term stays)

SICU (when my tongue swelled up after one of my surgeries due to horrible blood loss, ended up needing 4 units that time)

and Cardiac ICU when there was not room in anyother ICU I was little and do not know why I was there

THis is all at a free standing peds hospital

[DDRN4me]

I work in a residential facility for kids with behavior and psych issues. I am the nurse manager and love it love it love it!

[Rayrae]

A general medical floor. Mostly respiratory illnesses or other infectious diseases, a lot of CF patients, and a lot of "chronic" patients. I love the kids (and most of their parents ) but sometimes the staffing or other issues gets to me. But the kids themselves, are great.

[JessPedsRN]

I work in a large peds-only hospital, on the surgical floor and I love it!! I've realized though that I reaaaaaaaaally love my surgical kids, and reaaaaaally don't like medical kids lol

[shinyblackcar]

Originally Posted by Rayrae

A general medical floor. Mostly respiratory illnesses or other infectious diseases, a lot of CF patients, and a lot of "chronic" patients. I love the kids (and most of their parents ) but sometimes the staffing or other issues gets to me. But the kids themselves, are great.

What hospital do you work at?

i wanna work with CF pts.

[EliseM]

Hey there,
I'm wondering, if you have your RN, do you get to choose an area to specialize in? I am debating between going for my RN or BSN, etc...would be keen to work with the kiddos. If possible to choose with RN, when in the studies do you begin to focus on one particular area?
There should just be one huge guide book on how to do all this stuff....choosing a degree, choosing a school, choosing a specialty,...I feel like I'm always dancing in circles, getting different answers from different folks. But, that is all part of it I suppose!
Enjoy and thanks for your time