What field of nursing are ya'll interested in?

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I told a classmate from my community college that I have decided to be a Neonatal Nurse. She said, "Oh, yeah...everybody that goes into nursing wants to be a neonatal nurse. It is very competitive to get in the NICU. You have to work on other floors for a couple of years and keep applying to work in NICU." That kind of bummed me out.

Is that true? Do most of you want to work in the NICU? I thought not everyone would like to work with such small babies. I figured most nurses would like patients who could actually speak or tell you what is hurting them. What type of nurse do you all hope to become?

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Specializes in Home Health, Case Management, OR.

Currently I am thinking along the lines of Critical Care, however as I progress through the program that may change. I am currently 100% open to any nursing specialty, and I just hope to find my passion AND a job opening in that unit, whatever it may be.

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Specializes in acute care.

NICU all the way, unless I have a clinical that causes me to change my mind. I doubt it, though.

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Specializes in NICU.

When I was in school, most of the people wanted anything in OB or Peds. My instructors kept saying you guys won't be able to find jobs in those areas. My school was so med/surg, med surg, med/surg ( and geriatrics on top of that). That got me scared tha tI would have a hard time finding a NICU job as a new grad. I ended up interviewing for four NICU jobs and was offered two of them. It was great choosing which NICU job that I wanted. Keep working hard at finding the job offers for NICU, and apply fo all of them even if you do not meet the min requirements.

Good Luck!

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OR for me for sure.

Why? What are the things you enjoy about the OR?

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Why? What are the things you enjoy about the OR?

I'm one who also wants to go to the OR. I work as a Nurse Intern II on a busy Med/Tele floor and I already know floor nursing is not for me. When I did my OR rotation, I saw 3 surgeries and I was FASCINATED with them! I also love the fact that the OR runs on structure (I'm at my best in a structured environment), and there is focus on ONE patient and us (the medical team) work together as a team for the patient.

I would love to circulate and scrub. I'm also tossing around the idea of becoming a First Assist instead of getting my master's. That's what I like about the OR. I know some people say it's boring because they are just standing there watching the operation, but I love it when the surgeon explains what he is doing and why!

Before I entered nursing school, I watched Discovery Health and was just as fascinated by the surgeries I saw on TV and always thought how cool it would be to see them up close and personal.

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I have found throughout my education that it is much easier to rule out the types of nursing you DONT want to do than to decide what aspect you want to do.

The more I am exposed to different fields, the more I want to know about many of them. Some I just KNOW are not for me though!

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Specializes in Acute Care.

Starting school, I wanted to do either perioperative or psych nursing. Now that I've done both rotations, I absolutly am getting into Mental Health nursing. I loved every moment of being on an acute unit at the local "Mental Health Institute." Even after nearly being attacked by a patient I knew it was my thing.

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Starting school, I wanted to do either perioperative or psych nursing. Now that I've done both rotations, I absolutly am getting into Mental Health nursing. I loved every moment of being on an acute unit at the local "Mental Health Institute." Even after nearly being attacked by a patient I knew it was my thing.

lol that must have been scary! I changed my major from Psychology. I always found that interesting, but I would not want to work with mentally ill people. Like you said they are dangerous because they're not in their right mind. I would like to help suicidal people though.

As for the OR, I think I might like that too! It is incredibly interesting what they do. But my heart is definitely for the NICU :)

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Research Nursing :idea:

...but first want to find my "sea legs" by working at least one year as staff RN in the hospital.

- who knows though, so much changes in such short time w/Nursing.

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I still am not sure at all. I do have a practicum coming up in NICU during third term (in the spring) and I did ask for it. I am pretty pumped about it but I am not sure if that will be where my love is, even though the idea sounds appealing to me. I don't want to do L&D but that's about as far as my thinking has got me so far! Many in my class are very keen for that one!

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Trauma most definitely. At least for a couple of years, then on to CRNA or CNS/NP not sure. Maybe DNP, but that's a long way away. All I know now is that I want something with high speed action, trauma, er or flight nursing. High stress, high demand, high levels of skill needed. Gotta feed the ADHD!!!

WOW--you have the exact same goals that I do. I was looking into flight nurse as well. Def want trauma for a couple of years, then NP. The excitement is amazing there! So does this mean it is confirmed I do have ADHD:)

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I want to go in the ER or OR just because there are different things that you'll be able to see. Med/surg just seems boring to me.

I like ER too, so far I want trauma nursing- I live in Tampa too- any info about Tampa General?

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