Best Specialty for an RN before becoming an FNP?

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Hi all,

I'm starting nursing school in the fall, and while I know it's early to be thinking about this, I'm trying to decide where I eventually want to go with it because I've got a planning obsession. I know for certain that my end goal is becoming an FNP, so I'm trying to decide where I want to work for the few years before that when I'm just a regular RN. I'm really interested in both public health and psychiatric nursing, but those are kind of unique subsets of nursing so I'm worried they wouldn't serve me well in the long run. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks :)

One person suggested it was a difference of semantics....I can understand why some RNs feel that they have the best jobs in the world. It's just not /my preferred/ job. That's literally all that's going on here.

You, ma'am, may not have heard there exists an author of Pass California NCLEX-RN in 60 Questions, who just now imparted this wisdom, "Divorcees are busybodies."

Regarding your question, getting into an Observation unit ain't a bad deal either.

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Specializes in Psychiatric/Mental Health, Med-Surg, Corrections.
You, ma'am, may not have heard there exists an author of Pass California NCLEX-RN in 60 Questions, who just now imparted this wisdom, "Divorcees are busybodies."

Regarding your question, getting into an Observation unit ain't a bad deal either.

i was not aware of that and honestly don't see what you're trying to get at there.

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In Obs (observation unit), you get to see (as close to) initial treatments (aside from being in the ER), and Obs is manned by PA/NP overnights. The only downside is that Obs is at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of ED ranking: Resus -> Triage -> ER -> Fasttrack -> Obs.

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Specializes in Psychiatric/Mental Health, Med-Surg, Corrections.
In Obs (observation unit), you get to see (as close to) initial treatments (aside from being in the ER), and Obs is manned by PA/NP overnights. The only downside is that Obs is at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of ED ranking: Resus -> Triage -> ER -> Fasttrack -> Obs.

ah, thank you. That's very helpful.

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