danxcan

1) Most more advanced nursing jobs (e.g., Cath. Lab, E.D., ICU, PACU) require at least one to two years of Acute Care nursing experience. I am interested in working in the inpatient rehabilitation unit but have been told that inpatient rehabilitation is not an acute care setting. If I choose to make the rehab. department my first nursing experience will I be limiting myself in the amount and type of opportunities for growth and ability to move from one discipline to another? 2) I also have a comment/ question about transitioning from a new graduate into a new registered nurse. From my readings I have the understanding that the new nurse must accept that she/he is "the new kid" and will be basically mistreated for the first few years while going through the learning and growing process. Is this true, one must just "take - it" for the first few years before becoming accepted by others and be considered a competent nurse?