I am just curious how many of you have already decided what you want to be( when you grow up) sorry couldn't resist
any way what field
how did you come about the decision
are you dead set on it
what is your absolute under no circumstances will you ever touch that line of nursing
for me it is either prison nurse
or psychiatric nurse
I am pretty solid on my decision
I will never work in ob field ever,I have four healthy lovely children and could not live with the thought that I would be taking care of a child that may not live or their mother did something to damage them for the rest of their life.I would never be able to sleep
I have zero experience in health care, but I would like to be able to make a decision as soon as is reasonable. I am just finishing my first semester in a BSN program, and woud like to steer my education along the path that is most beneficial to me for future practice. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
Originally I was sure it was trauma/emergency...so many mindchanges since then! Out of school I'm leaning towards OB or NICU.
But I'd like to go back to school and study Forensic nursing so I'll probably end up in trauma/ER anyway! That is if I don't decide to get a BS in psychology instead...maybe all the indicision is why I drive my family nuts :chuckle Soooo...I guess I don't really know!
When I started on the idea of being a nurse I was sure I wanted to work L&D, but now I don't know. I want to finish all my rotations and get a good feel of things before I make up my mind. That's what I really find appealing about nursing. There is so much to choose from in this profession.
I am super interested in ortho actually - partly because my son was born with a clubbed foot and I have spent looooooooooong hours at the ortho office and with my baby in surgery. it's an interesting field...and harldy any deaths!!!
another interest I have is to work at an OBGYN office - I love pregnant women - prenatal care is so much fun to me - but I don't really like women in labor - sounds like a good trade off to me!
from the first day i realized i had "the calling" i wanted to do pediatric oncology. if my kids weren't so young, st. jude's would already have my application...lol but since, they are, and i have restrictions as to where i can move with them in the decree, i'll have to settle for some place a little less prestigious. i've also given some thought to pediatric aids.
working as a nurse extern on an ortho floor, i find this really interesting as well. i know i can't do psych or ltc and right now er, icu, trauma, etc., don't really interest me. not saying this won't change some day.
whatever, i end up doing, i know it will be because the lord led me there for a reason.
i always thought i wanted to work in peds, until i always heard stories from my friend who is a labor and delivery nurse. then, i thought i really would love that, and figured that's where i would want to work. but, i still love working with children, and am not sure which would suit me best. can't decide between the two. i think i'll know when the time is RIGHT!
would do:
i think i would find it interesting to work in an OR, or ER (but, that might be too much craziness for my personality), GI unit (they don't have specifically GI floors in all hospitals, i don't think... sometimes they are just put with med/surg (right?). i have crohn's, and when i am in the hospital, i am on the med/surg floor. but, that is the reason i would be interested in GI. i know i'll probably end up working in med/surg, at least for the first year or two, to get a broad experience base, and that would be cool with me. i really like the idea of nurse anesthesiologist (but, that's just cuz i heard they make a lot of money... is that horrible?)
would never do:
i, too, cannot work with the elderly. i don't know why, but it's too depressing. like someone else on here said... makes me think of my own grandparents, and i get too sad. can't handle it for some reason... not that i don't have a LOT of compassion for elderly people. i just think i wouldn't feel as fulfilled, yet more "down and out." i think that's the only area where i wouldn't want to work. anyplace where the majority of people are elderly.
Isn't this the best thing about nursing? The choices! The world is our oyester!! haha, maybe a little melodramatic, but it's sooo nice to know we have a ton of options career-wise. GO NURSES!!!
Out of school I'm leaning towards OB or NICU. 
but since, they are, and i have restrictions as to where i can move with them in the decree, i'll have to settle for some place a little less prestigious. i've also given some thought to pediatric aids.
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I have zero experience in health care, but I would like to be able to make a decision as soon as is reasonable. I am just finishing my first semester in a BSN program, and woud like to steer my education along the path that is most beneficial to me for future practice. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!