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Hi, Thank You for the advice! Over here, the university hospital I train in has readily accepted new graduates before without any experience in ICU so I guess it is possible. Thinking about it now it's probably better I start off on the floor/ward to gain more skills so that if I choose perioperative or OT nursing at least I can fall back on the general nursing. Thanks again for advice.

Hi, yes I'm actually in Ireland so I'm not familiar with the terms that are used in the US. OT here means operating theatre :)

Hello! Im currently in my last year of my nursing course and am doing my internship on 4 different wards. I had my OT experience for about 4 weeks and really enjoyed the process and work involved that the nurses do. However when I tell RNs that I have an interest to pursue a career in OT nursing right after graduating, they tell me that it's better to work on the wards first. Should I pursue OT because I think I like it or should I go on to working on the wards which I'm not loving but don't hate as well?? Thanks