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11 years?! That's awesome! Thanks for commenting! (:

Thank you for commenting! (:

That's a really good point you made. I can just keep my med-surg book and use it and the internet as a reference. Thank you for commenting! (:

I have never thought of that option. Thank you for commenting and giving me that thought of option! (:

Thank you! I do live the options nursing gives me and how versatile it can be. (:

Thank you!! (:

Thank you so much for your input and great advise! (:

I am currently in my 3rd year of nursing school in Detroit. I have been contemplating on what kind of nurse I want to be and I feel like I should know now because I am such a planner, but I know I still have time. I have completed my Fundamentals, Med-Surg 1, and Mental Health clinical rotations. I loved my mental health clinical and theory class. I could see myself being a psychiatric nurse. I would even tell friends and family that before I started any clinical rotations partly to give an answer other than I don't know and partly because I have always loved watching documentaries and movies to learn about mental health since middle school. The issue I am having is that I don't know if once I graduate I should go right into psychiatric nursing or not? Every person/ current nurses I have asked have said to get a year or two of med-surg under your belt and then go to psychiatric if I want because I will loose my skills if I don't. I do not like med-surg at all right now, I also had a really bad first clinical rotation experience so that probably doesn't help. I don't want to lose my skills and be "stuck" like people say I will be if I go right into to psych, but if I find that I love pysch I won't feel stuck I feel like. If anyone has any advise that would be amazing. Your fellow future nurse of 2020. Thanks ?