I'm an RN with 7 years experience. Did the typical 2yrs MedSurg before moving on to nephrology nursing (specifically hemodialysis) which I did for 5 yrs. I recently resigned from the dialysis unit and took the first available position offered to me by the only hospital within 40 miles of my home...MedSurg...again. Now I've been there a couple of months and we have good staffing ratios, great doctors, manageable management...BUT, I know in my heart that I don't care for medsurg. I'm a specialty kinda gal but now I may be stuck for a while!
I live in a rural area and the small hospital rarely train in some specialty areas; basically ICU, step down,and ER, but they do it VERY rarely, and there's a line of MS nurses waiting their 'turn' (Seriously, one gal broke down the waiting list for ER preceptorship, and it's 5 nurses long!) Other specialties like OR, PACU, and FBU flat out don't train.
Any one else ever been in this situation? Any other avenues for small town specialties?
