Nursing student looking for advice

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Hey, I'm a freshman in college, and will be graduating as an RN in a few years. I just am a little confused as to what type of nursing I will do. I would love to work with pregnant women and newborn babies. But not babies in Intensive Care. I was thinking L&D, PP, or an OB/GYN nurse, but I'm also confused on the difference in baby nurses. I would like some help, and any advice. Thanks :)

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Specializes in Emergency.

You're going to get to experience these in your rotations. There's no sense in thinking about it, now. Hehe.

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Um... yeah when you do clinic your mind may change.

We're initially all death set on something and like 85% of nursing students want to do baby/mommy nursing. haha. But things change and you may find you like ER ... ICU ... maybe Geri ... maybe Tele... keep an open mind.

On top of that... RN positions are competitive ... you'll take what you get for your first new grad job. Most people don't imagine themselves in medsurg but... y'know ...

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

Didn't you already post about this?

Don't stress about this now. You'll be exposed to several types of nurses when you're in clinicals and lecture. See what speaks to you then, AND what the job market looks like when you graduate. Not being tied to one idea is a good thing when it comes to job markets where you need to take what you can get.

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