What field or specialty of nursing?

[nursecompassion]

just curious what field of nursing we all hope to work in one day? or what field we are interested to start out in?

for myself someday i think i would like to work in labor&delivery, but first i want to start out in med-surg. i want some experience and a chance to work on the skills i learn before thinking of l&d.

julee

[suzy253, RN]

It's early yet but I'd like to get into burn nursing. I'll be shadowing a nurse sometime this summer in the level 1 trauma unit--burn unit to see what it's like.

[ayndim]

Labor and Delivery, although I am keeping my options open until I rotate through there. Eventually a CNM.

[ayndim]

Labor and Delivery, although I am keeping my options open until I rotate through there. Eventually a CNM.

[wonderbee, BSN, RN]

i'm interested in this discussion.... i have a question...

upon entering nursing school, did you all have an interest towards a specific field? and, did the experience of clinicals totally change your mind and gravitate you towards another? in other words, where did you have your mind set to where you wanted to be, but where did you/or do you think you'll end up??

when i started school, i didn't have any idea. my instructor saw me in critical care... icu. it was while working in med/surg when i had to deal with a patient crashing that i saw what she saw. so, at least for now, it's critical care.

i believe that chatsdale is right. keep an open mind. until we've worked it, how do we know?

[wonderbee, BSN, RN]

i'm interested in this discussion.... i have a question...

upon entering nursing school, did you all have an interest towards a specific field? and, did the experience of clinicals totally change your mind and gravitate you towards another? in other words, where did you have your mind set to where you wanted to be, but where did you/or do you think you'll end up??

when i started school, i didn't have any idea. my instructor saw me in critical care... icu. it was while working in med/surg when i had to deal with a patient crashing that i saw what she saw. so, at least for now, it's critical care.

i believe that chatsdale is right. keep an open mind. until we've worked it, how do we know?

[malenurse1]

Because I am doing a Med-Surg internship I should be able to go straight to ICU when I pas my boards. Then after I spend about a year there on to the goal of NICU! I plan on becoming a nurse practicioner and specializing in neonatology.

I just spent some clinical time in a NICU and the first thing the RN's told me was that if a "grown-up" goes down while you are here...you've got them...we don't deal with big people!

[EarthChild1130]

Psych Nursing!!! I love it and I can't WAIT to graduate so I can work there!!

[FutureIsBlue, LPN, LVN]

I would like to work as a NICU nurse.:)

[Chevelle]

I want to work med/surg for the experience while I am completing my BSN-then move into critical care with the ultimate goal being a nephrology/transplant nurse or PICU (if they take LPN's where I am)

[Rn2b204]

I want to do either OR, ED (at level 1 trauma center), or ICU nursing. My ultimate goal is to become a CRNA in the next 8-10 years. I like the idea of working in a Med/Surg. area right out of nursing school for the extra experience, but I don't know if I will be up to that. I don't know ,will see, might change my mind. :)

Rn2b204 :) :balloons: :) :balloons:

[jschut, BSN, RN]

When in LPN school, I was facinated with geriatrics, and still am in a way, but I am ready to move on to something else for awhile now....I'm leaning toward Med-Surg and possibly OR.

I would like to find something else to occupy my time while I am in school, something to offer a bit more of a challenge.

I'd like to work in a big hospital like IU, but can't find the time to get down there!

Guess I'm keeping my options open..I'll find something I like soon, I'm sure!

[RN2BTam]

I'm interested in this discussion.... I have a question...

Upon entering Nursing school, did you all have an interest towards a specific field? And, did the experience of clinicals totally change your mind and gravitate you towards another? In other words, where did you have your mind set to where you wanted to be, but where did you/or do you think you'll end up??

I always believed I would work in CV because my family has a history of heart disease, so I have always been interested. However... this summer my clinical rotation introduced me to the Neuro Trauma ICU, and I loved it! Now, I am about to begin my Pedi rotation, and then OB will be next. So... who knows? I might change my mind again. But one thing is for certain... I want to work in critical care. But even within that realm, there are so many options!