I am a new grad who's currently looking both at new grad positions in L&D and in acute care-- primarily because it's turning out ot be much harder to find new grad positions in L&D than I thought it would be. If I can't get a position in L&D, then I want to work in the unit that will best prepare me to work in L&D in a year or so. Soooo, does it matter what type of acute care unit I work in, so long as I work in acute care? Is a Cardiac Critical Care unit better/worse than a medical ICU? or PACU or...
And, could I work in the NICU? I assumed not because NICU work is pediatrics and I would need experience in adult acute care in order to get a (non-new grad) job in L&D.
Any thoughts anyone has about this issue would be very helpful!
BETSRN
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I agree. NICU is not going to prepare you for LDRP. Go broad and get good basic knowledge. Med-Surg will give you that,too.