how many of you have already decided your field

peaceful2100, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2002

I know it is so wonderful all the options we have. At my school there is an accelerated option program for those who already have a bachelor's degree in another field they can come in and finish the BSN in just a year. I have talked to many of the accelerated option students and they said they were so miserable and NEVER had the options in their fields like they do in Nursing. Some of them have started medical school but changed their minds and decided to do nursing once they saw what nurses did. Some were teachers, some were accountants, some were in marketing/sales, some were in the computer field, there is even one guy who is a chiropactor (spelling??) and he said sure the money is good but he is a single parent of two kids whom he have full-time custody of and he said the hours were absoutely non-compatiable with his kids schedule. I just read in my local nursing news paper that another university in my area is implementing an accelerated option program that will start in May due to a huge demand of second-degree adults who want to pursue nursing. My school went from 15 accelerated option students to accepting 60 accelerated option students over a 3 year time period because the demand was so great among second degree students. I think it is wonderful and I think it is wonderful how many choices we have it can be very overwhelming at times thinking of all the various options but I LOVE it.

shunda · Dec 3, 2002

I love the Psychiatric Field or Corrections. I am a MHT right now and I love it; I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I want to work in Psych nursing.

Everyone continue to be Encouraged!!!!

The Best Is Yet To Come!!!!!

Shunda

Erinkate2959 · Dec 3, 2002

I am so unsure of where I want to work when I am finished. I change my mind almost daily. Many people (including lots of my teachers) have said that new nurses should always start in Med/Surg, but I am more interested in Critical care. Where I will be working they unfortunately do not take people right out of school into the units, so I will probably wind up on a tele unit. There are so many choices, it's so hard to make up my mind!!

Love-A-Nurse · Dec 3, 2002

the excitement of the unknown fasinates me. i want to work er for sure! i worked med/surg as an lpn and didn't like it but learned a lot.

Kyle's Mom · Dec 4, 2002

I am hoping to work at the children's hospital we have here, probably med/surg. I have Crohn's, like Tweety, and really want to do everything I can to help the kids and teens who have this rotten disease. I had such a hard time when I was a teenager, I just want to help these kids as much as I can!!!

katieRNlove · Dec 4, 2002

Oh my god I have no idea. I have had my heart set on like 15 diff areas! :chuckle Anyway i work very well with the elderly but i do not want ot work in a NH!? I geuss i will just have to try them out before i settle down.

farmmom · Dec 4, 2002

I am so proud of all of you and myself we have all decided to work toward a dream and wnat to help people in one way or another

no career choice is wrong or right but in the end you will know in your heart what is right for you

you pts will know that you have made the right choice on the way that you treat them

the right choice consist of when you look in you pt's eyes and they see the compasion

give all of yourselves a big pat on the back for chosing a very demanding and understaffed field

make sure that this is what you want to do and give it your all treat every patient as if they were you own family member

you will all go very far

thank you for all of the responses

CountrifiedRN · Dec 4, 2002

Well, I have changed my mind many times since starting this program, and I'm sure I will change it again before I'm done. At this moment, I am considering ER or OR Nursing. I also liked OB when I did that rotation.

I know I definately don't want peds, psych, or LTC.

MIKEY LIKES · Dec 5, 2002

Every since I went under, I wanted to go into CRNA. The path to that goal is Med/Surg ICU.

I don't want to work in a nursing home, moms been in that field for 20 years or more.

STEPHIE_RN_2_BE · Dec 6, 2002

Cant do elder care, like several of you have already mentioned. I was depressed for all 8 weeks of my clinical rotation in a SNF for elderly pts; I kept thinking of how these people would never get any better and how they were at the end of their lives. More than once I had patients tell me they waited every day to die since most of their friends and loved ones were already gone. It was very draining....

Im leaning towards OB or Peds. But, we shall see!

Gromit · Dec 6, 2002

Well, I have an interest in the cardiac field, but ICU/CCU is where my sights are set. I wanted anesthetist, but will see about that when I get further down the road (just so many choices are out there!!! ).

I will NOT even considder Oncology (taken too many family and friends. I know I cannot do this.), and LTC is not my bag -way too depressing.

I spent a lot of years in emergency services, and being an ambulance jockey, I got my thrills out of trauma and have no further interest there, so no ER for me.

But my main reason for following through with nursing is:

On the ambulance, I was just too 'hemmed in'. As a nurse, if I get tired, bored, fed-up (whatever) with one part of the field, I can grab some hours or schooling, and get into another part. :)

Later, y'all!

FullMoonMadness · Dec 6, 2002

I am hoping for CVICU. I am an LPN on a busy tele floor,we work with a great team of cardiologists. I want to be able to follow those that I prep for CABG all the way through the inpatient stay and hearts fascinate me. The hospital that I work at has an extensive orient to any off the specialty units,and the population in my area(resort,retirement) is prime for cardiac problems.Really, I will just be glad to graduate and pass my boards.