How can I learn to like medsurg?

[I RN A]

I'm a new grad. My area of interest is ER. I have worked in ER as a student nurse and I know this is where my heart is. I have graduated with BSN. I have done everything I possibly could to get a job in ER. Instead, I'm being pushed into medsurg. The reason? Well, when all of your classmates have a contract with a hospital, which paid for your clinical instructors and all of us would have to work for this hospital for 3 years, and 13 people applied to ER, and there are only 2 openings, and most people want to work in ER just because ICU doesn't hire new grads and not too many people like medsurg, you are forced to go where the hospital officials place you. So, how can I work in medsurg and not to be miserable, although I do not like it at all?

[suanna]

Well, you could try banging your head against a wall for 30min before you go into work each day- It will feel so good when you stop, work will seem like a pleasure!!. Seriously, Nursing school wasn't that much fun, but it was required to pass NCLEX. Nursing as a profession dosen't have residency programs and fellowship to help us practice our basic skills in a controled enviornment. By doing a few years on med-surg you will be honing skills you will use through out your career. Like it or not nursing schools- even the best- can't educate you to be a really good ER nurse right off the bat. Some may start there and develop those skills in time but a you can develop a lot of skills on the floors that you are going to need when you get to ER. You don't want to be the weakest link in the ER or or any area of speciality that requires quick judgement and well developed independent problem solving skills.