Advice, summer internship vs summer ob/peds

[shadowness]

Hey everyone I have a dilemma. I wasn't accepted into summer ob/peds (3rd semester out of 5) yet but I may be if others drop for financial reasons or grades. I want to be a nurse anesthetist in the future but im currently going for my RN at the College of New Rochelle. My question is whether it's better to try and graduate asap to make money and get experience or should I take my time and do a summer internship. I have a hookup at Columbia Presbyterian where I may be able to work with a PA for 2 weeks in an ICU setting mostly, then work with the friend who is getting me the internship doing other floors and possibly working with pharmacy. It sounds like a great experience at a great hospital. How much value does interning hold, considering I want to get a masters (aka nurse anesthetist) or is it better to graduate and work med-surg then ICU then apply to CRNA school?

Sorry for the rant, thanks to all that reply! any questions and ill respond asap. :)

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Go for the internship(s), but make sure you have them in the bag before deciding to forego the ob/peds rotation, otherwise, you might be spending all summer doin' nothin'. :)

[shadowness]

OMG finally a response lol. but you think internships hold value to the point that its not that big of a deal if i grad a few months early? is it because its at nyp or just any internship would do:?

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

When you graduate is really a personal decision that won't affect your employability. Everyone applying for an RN job as a new grad actually graduated. Not a big deal on the resume, you know? (Ok, let's forget that graduating now sucks for everyone on the employment front...)

Doing an internship can really polish up your resume because not everyone can do it.

If you don't have financial issues associated with putting off graduation for a few months, I think it is worth it to go for the internship.

As for the type of internship that would hold more value: I suppose if you were doing an internship in your specialty of choice, it would make a difference in your employability compared to other new grads in that specialty.

[SurroDoula]

I would do the internship. Jobs aren't easy to find, and the experience could boost your resume.

[shadowness]

Yea, I doubt I'll even get into the summer program at this point but I'm starting to feel more confident about the internship. It just sucks some of my friends are going to be ahead of me

[shadowness]

bumpp

[Lennonninja, MSN, APRN, NP]

Internship all the way. You'll learn more than your classmates who didn't do an internship, you can add it to your resume as real life experience, and it'll set you apart from people graduating at the same time as you who didn't do internships.