I know what kind of nurse I want to be!

[Sammygrll]

Hi everyone..this is such a great feeling! I believe I finally know what kind of nursing I want to get into!!

I start nursing school in August, however, have been volunteering at a local hospital for about a year and have been all over in areas such as ER, ICU, MedSurge andL&D, and did not find my niche.

I have always been very interested in young women's health, teens, sexual education, prevention, counseling, etc, however, did not know how to pin point it and what it was called.

I even thought that L&D would be in my favor, but soon found out, that I prefer to help women before they get pregnant, I like to focus on more of preventative care.

After some research on this great site, turns out I want to go into Community Health Nursing and focus on young womens health if preferrable, something similar to a Planned parenthood.

I posted on their message board, but recieved no replies. yet.

I am sooo excited about this though!! I can't wait to focus my goal and career towards this...I just wish I knew where to focus...Womens health, community health?

I also plan on calling and maybe volunteering at a planned parenthood next summer.

On another side note, I'm trying to get a scholarship, and if accepted, will be locked into the same hospital I volunteer for, for 2 yrs post-grad..so all this would have to happen after that.

Anyway...thanks for listening...if anyone has any info...that would be great! Thanks!

-Samantha

[happy2learn]

That's great! You may have to call your local Planned Parenthood to see if there are volunteer opportunities.

I want to be an oncology and/or hematology nurse based on volunteer & personal experience. I hope you get a more positive response than me though because I've gotten the response that only direct work (RN) is experience is valid to know what area you'll be best in or like.

[Tricia76]

Yeah I would like to be in The L&D unit but I only have a high school diploma so and I am 34 so where should i start at?

[elkpark]

"Finally"?? You will probably change your mind at least a dozen times during school, and maybe more after that -- that's how it worked for many of us. :)

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

PP has volunteering opportunities. I have been considering community health also or health clinicals eventually. Their are many areas I plan on trying out in my years. So far my strongest pull has been in the ER (spent a night there shadowing when their were no Peds patients on that rotation). I got into Nursing wanting to do L&D and become a CNM

[turnforthenurse, MSN, NP]

What about a women's health floor? Not OB-GYN though you might get some of those patients...the hospital I work at has a women's health floor. It's a lower acuity floor (compared to a gero unit, which has a much higher acuity) and women with all sorts of diagnoses come in to that unit. Sometimes they get postpartum patients if that unit is full and a couple of times we had some patients who had IUFD's I don't work on that floor but I have floated there before and I also spent a clinical rotation there and I really liked it!