Leadership Clinical Question/Advise Needed

[EMEddie]

Hi Guys- next semester starting August I will be starting my last semester and as part of that I will have my leadership class/clinical which some places call it internship. For 6-7 weeks we work an RN's shifts, she/he will our mentor and just be there to assist us along the way; we are in charge of all patient care and charting.

We can chose which hospital area/specialty we want to be and I have three options.

1) Oncology/Med-Surg Floor: My grandmother spent several days in this unit, I got to meet most of the staff including one of the managers. I talked to him a couple of weeks ago if it would be OK to do my leadership in that floor with one of the RN's I have had before during rotations. He asked me to share why I would like to be there and was very happy that I shared my story and said he would be happy to have me do my leadership there. We are 50% oncology and 50% med-surg, so we see a lot of different stuff and some patients are in pretty bad shape.

2) Float-Pool: I have heard many people like doing these because they get to work in different floors and learn more, what do you guys think?

3) Telemetry/Med-Surg: Again, this is 50/50 in terms of the patient population and I know a great RN that I wouldn't mind having as an RN mentor for the leadership. I just want to see what you guys think would be a best fit/option.

Thanks in Advance,

Eddie

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

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[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

i'd strongly recommend the tele/med-surg, because you'll get broader-based skills and experience there, experience you can then take to any other situation, including oncology if that's where you decide to seek a new-grad job. what you'll learn about hearts will be invaluable wherever you are-- everybody has one, and heart disease is the #1 comorbidity.

oncology, not so much. also, not a good idea to be where you have been before. do something new.

float pool sounds exciting, but if you are supposed to be the primary care for the patient load under the supervision of the rn, it will be hard for both of you to do that in many different settings; you'll also lose any semblance of continuity of care. you're better off if you take advantage of getting to know just one venue so you can focus on what's important and not be wondering where they keep the xyz supplies wherever you landed today.