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Nov 07, 2008 10:34 AM

Can someone help me plz


I posted before but no one answered it, or if they did I do not know where. I am a student.. wondering what area of nursing I want to be in... Believe me I have time.. but don't we all like to know what are plans are for the next few years or so? And I am also working on my Portfolio for school and are planning to write an article to put in there any ideas on a good topic??? and where to get information on it??? let me know please....
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from rbezemek
Old Nov 07, 2008, 02:17 PM

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Sorry you did not get a reply on your first post. It's great that you are trying to think ahead and prepare yourself for life after nursing school.

I don't think anyone can answer this question for you - at least the way you have written it. Your choice should be based on your own preferences, and we don't have any information about those.

Nursing is emotional work - it is important to feel really connected to what you do every day. What are your favorite types of patients to care for? Is there a clinical area that has captured your heart? For instance, do you really like advanced technology & hi-tech? - ICU may be the place for you. On the other hand, if you feel more at home in a nurturing/educating role, you may like to work with OB patients.

My advice? Engage in some deliberate reflection on your clinical experiences - "interview" youself about how you felt; what you enjoyed; what you hated, etc. I am sure you will come to some conclusions on your own.
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Old Nov 10, 2008, 07:13 AM

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Thanks for your reply... do nursing students go on "internships" like doctors ( I think that is what the word is I am looking for) to try different areas to find what they want to do ????
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Old Nov 14, 2008, 08:05 PM

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Hello,
Sorry you didn't get an answer to your first post. In my expierence while in nursing school we did clinicals in many different enviroments. Me personally I always knew that I wanted to work in Geri-psych but I don't know how I knew that. It's a calling you will have yours and you will know exactly where you want to be and if not there are endless possibilties and you can try many.
Best of luck to you.
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from PediRN3919
Old Nov 15, 2008, 09:45 AM

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yes nurses have internships or orientations, depending on your field they usually last from 6-12 weeks maybe longer. I work in peds oncology and i love it. I have also done med-surg, labor and delivery, ER and Psych. Just follow your heart. The great thing about nursing is flexibility you don't like one field try another.
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from jjjoy
Old Nov 19, 2008, 01:39 PM

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During nursing school, you have clinical rotations on different units working with different patient populations and conditions. These rotations usually involve one or two days a week on the floor for several weeks. A general unit (med/surg), orthopedics, neuro, cardiac, geriatric, oncology, pediatric, maternity, psych, ICU might be places you'd be a student nurse at for a few weeks at a time. Most schools only have a day or two of observing for OR nursing and outpatient nursing roles. For highly specialized units, like Neonatal ICU or Bone Marrow Transplant, you may or may not have opportunities to observe or work there as students. RN programs may or may not have a nursing home rotation.

So you do get lots of exposure to different inpatient areas of nursing.

Another way to get more exposure is to get a job in a hospital as a float nursing assistant. Float staff are assigned to whatever units are in need, so they have to opportunity to work on many different units and with many different patient types with a wide variety of conditions.
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