How did you choose your field?

[NsgTiger]

I am a senior nsg student. I see my graduation date closing in quickly. I am soo excited, but kind of nervous. There are so many areas of nsg... I just don't know which area to choose. Part of thinks I really should go med/surg first but I am afraid of getting trapped on a unit that makes me unhappy. How did you guys end up in your areas? What is great about your area?

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Critical care nurses are in such short supply our hospital accepts them. But they have to take the "critical care course" which is 12 weeks (includes the precepting part) and is offered twice a year. Usually the new grad spends some time on a med-surg unit waiting for that class to start. The class is taught at our hospital so they get paid while doing it by our hospital. Then commit to a year afterwards. Point being, they do take new grads.

Good luck!

[renerian, BSN, RN]

I worked two semesters on a hem/onc unit with burn unit rotation. Those were the floors I requested. The hem/onc unit offered me a job before I graduated. I took it. I just loved those two floors.

renerian