Only wanting one area of nursing?

[DreamyEyes]

Is it just me, or am I crazy?

I'm in nursing school right now and I have NOOO desire to work in a hospital. None. Is this normal? I feel weird for wanting to be a nurse but hating the hospital... I'm just trying to get through the clinicals and graduate, so I can go the area I really want to be in: Geriatrics.

l LOVE working with the geriatric population, especially those with dementia and Alzheimer's. I have been working for the past 4 years as a CNA in assisted living/LTC, and I plan on staying there when I graduate as a nurse. I really feel like it's my calling.

I just feel weird because most people in my nursing class hate LTC, and they all want to work in either ER, L&D, or ICU.

Am I the only wacko here?

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

I admit, I was miserable in long term care clinicals and now I might be forced to do my preceptorship there. BUT It wasn't the patients that made me miserable. It was the environment. It was the first time I had ever been into a LTC facility and I was just shocked and appalled by what I saw. Apparently I was in one of the "good" facilities too. I left those clinicals and told my kids if they every put me in a nursing home I would take them out of my will. :|

[~PedsRN~, BSN, RN]

I don't have that calling for Geriatrics, but I am with you on NOT wanting to be in the hospital. When I first got into nursing, that is all I could think about - working in the hospital. Now, I have no desire whatsoever. I am hospital bitter, just after clinicals. LOL! I can't imagine working in one right now. Maybe my opinions will change?