Do you have a nursing specialty you know you want to pursue?

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Just for fun - for all of us hopefuls :)

Do you know specialty you want to work in?

I'm undecided and open to what clicks with me - but I'm thinking maybe NICU, L&D or ER.

How about you?

Don't forget about med surg. You see so many interesting cases and people with stories to tell. I know it does not sound 'sexy'. But it's the core and you have to have great management skills and assessment skills.

At the hospital I volunteer at, pretty much all new grads get put in med/surg for a year before they're allowed to move onto something else. I can see why. There is a lot of variety, a lot to do, and a lot of more experienced nurses around that can sort of supervise and guide you along. I doubt I'd want to stay there but I definitely want to start there.

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Pediatric Oncology! love the way the kids are open to being hopeful and joyful even in this hard time. And I love working with the family unit! :)

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Cardiac!

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Getting my ADN now, have a goal of becoming a nurse practitioner or CRNA. It's still very early to decide but at the moment - leaning towards FNP! Don't really have an interest being a floor nurse for the long term.

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I had a business transfer before I went to nursing school so I thought about getting into management. CRNA appealed to me so I started doing some prereqs for that. I love psychiatric stuff. I was supper stoked to get a new psychiatric book from the local library.

I've done a personality test from one of the free Myers Briggs tests online and found I was an INTJ. So it says don't get into nursing... but go ahead a be a doctor, psychiatrist, etc. So nice of them. But if you go into doctor specialties by personality type apparently anyone can be a doctor. I figure anyone can be a nurse and I used their picks, which were anesthesia, psychiatry, pathology, etc. I found that I was indeed going in the right direction.

I'm not so eager to do CRNA. I don't like the meds vs. psychiatric meds in my nursing pharm book. I'm 31 so at my age I would be shafting the ICU just to get back into extremely expensive school. I don't know. I know more when I am a nurse. I want to keep my options open. In short, try your personality type against the doctor personality type, don't have that on hand you'll have to google it, and keep you options open.

I'm an ENFJ according to Myer Briggs.

I am interested first in pmhnp. Also staff nurse in psych, icu, cticu, nicu, cardiac step down, peds, burn unit. Not sure where my personality fits in this.

As a career switcher I know enough that I don't know anything in what area I want, or am suited for.

I suppose being accepted to a nursing school would be a good first step to wherever.

This is a fun thread though. :)

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NICU, pediatric oncology, pediatric cardiac ICU and eventually masters in nursing education or neonatal nurse practitioner. :)

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I definitely want to stay in critical care only.

ER, ICU, and NICU. Flight nursing and Travel nursing are my goals. No interest in CRNA/NP.

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L&D, NICU, Peds, ICU & Med Surg. L&D I know I could be on either side. I love the thrill of helping women bring their babies into this world. I also love the other side of being their postpartum nurse as well. I know it is a stretch as a new grad....I know it isn't all it's cracked up to be...but I love it.

As a Army Medic I got my fair share of different areas. I don't know if I have an absolute favorite yet. I am open to trying new things...which is what we have to do as nurses anyhow, right?

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IBCLC in post partum unit.

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Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.

I know most people say to wait until you get to nursing school to decide. That your interests will change. But right now the two areas that interest me the most are NICU and OR. Maybe a few others. I get a little scared sometimes because there are a lot more areas that I know I am not interested in. Anyone else feel that way? Going into nursing with only one or two specialties in mind (and maybe they don't change while you are in school). What if your dream is to work at one specific specialty, and you can't find a job doing that? I certainly don't mind paying my dues. Spending a year or two in med-surg knowing it would eventually lead to my dream job. And that I would be better prepared for it. But it still makes me nervous changing careers, going back to school, and getting stuck in a job I hate.

But I am working as hard as I can, and reading lots of posts on AN, trying to stay positive that I will reach my dream. :)

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Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.
Jan 29 by [COLOR=#003366]vettechtoRN Well I really like what I do now in animal medicine which is anesthesia/pain managment and surgical nursing. Anesthesia is a fascinating field but I know in the human field I would need to really work hard to get there!! I probably won't know until I actually start working in a hospital what I want to do and I will most certainly take anything they will give me. I am leaning toward the children's side also NICU, PICU, L&D(in most places around here you need a BA). The nurses that cared for me and my child inspired me that I could do human medicine:)



    I am also a vet tech (for 13 years now), slowly making the switch to human medicine. Anesthesia and surgical nursing are also my favorites in vet med. That is why I think I would enjoy the OR. But I am also drawn to NICU after my daughter was in the NICU. My mom is a nurse, but that was honestly the first time I thought about becoming a human nurse. The NICU nurses were just amazing!!

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Med surg, telemetry, ICU and then Nurse Anesthesia

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