I really need some advice

[babyj101199]

Hello to everyone,incase you have not already viewed my other posting i will quickly re-introduce myself.My name is Jackie and i am a nursing major at the University of central florida right now i am about to finish my first year at college(yes i just graduated high school c/o 2003) and i'm finding tha i'm really displeased with the current program i am in at UCf so i'm interested to know what schools or nursing programs some of you were in to better help me continue my goal of becoming a nurse i also could use some advice on the diffrent types of nurse there are i wanted to be a nurse that works in maternity or an OB nurse or and operating room nurse but i am still in the dark on a lot of these things so any advice that anyone could give is much needed and greatly appreciated,so if anybody wants you cn im me at Baby101199 or e mail me @ [email protected] thank so much. Jackie:)

[Brenda-RN,BSN, WA.]

Hi Jackie, I'm Brenda. I've been a nurse for 8 years. You are starting a great career. I'm sorry to hear that you are not happy with the school you are attending. I live in Seattle, so I don't know anything about Florida, except I'd like to visit someday with my family! Anyway, I work in postpartum, and love it. I have responded to some other threads, so I feel like I'm repeating myself, but I really do so love nursing, and working in postpartum. So, I can only give you advice about ob/gyn nursing. It's the only area of nursing I've ever worked, so that must say something. It is so great working with newborns, and their families. There is a lot of teaching involved. You are taking care of the entire family, not just the mom and baby. I mean, you are literally taking care of the mom/baby couplet, but you must include the father or significant other, and siblings, grand parents. So, if you enjoy teaching and helping people it is a great unit to work on. Every hospital is different, at the one I work for we care for gyn. surgical patients as well as maternity patients. So you do get a little variety with your patient population. I highly recomend working in postpartum, it has made my life happier! Good luck with your decision and with school.

[elkpark]

It would help (to answer some of your questions) to know what it is you're unhappy with about the UCF program. I've been an RN for ~20 years, a child psych CS for ~10 years, and I'm from Florida originally (my sister went to UCF).