Hi everyone,
I am in my last semester for my BSN, the class I am in has been weeded down by 50%, those of us precepting at this time did not get any acknowledgement of our 1st, 2nd, or 3rd picks. However given our small class size, most of my peers were placed in critical units. I was set to precept at a magnet status institution, last minute this fell through and as a result I got switched onto a basic medical/surgical floor at our local, rural hospital. One that I did clinical on in my 1st year. This is the lowest level of acuity available in this area and in many ways is not what you think when you hear medsurg floor. I am the only person working this level of my class, yet I'm top of my class.
Beyond how devastated,I am trying to come to terms with it. What I'm wondering is how much will this effect my future career opportunities? I want to work in a critical care unit eventually and am concerned this will come across as a red flag on a résumé if I did a clinical there, then clinical on critical care units, now precepting back to a basic floor that doesn't even have a name... (Please know I am not downing medical surgical floors, as in this case I don't even know what to categorize this floor as....) any advice is much appreciated!