care2801

Hi! I will be graduating this upcoming May with my BSN. As a senior in nursing school, I had a job as a nurse extern at the TICU, and I absolutely loved it. However, my passion for nursing has always been to work in family medicine as a NP, as I am very interested in primary/preventative medicine. I plan on going back to school in 2 years once I paid off some student loans, and I was offered a job at an urgent care RN back in my hometown which I have wanted so bad. I believed it would be the best transition following school and getting experience in an outpatient setting since that is what I want to pursue with my future career plans. However, I have received feedback from some people who are saying that I am setting myself up for failure by accepting a job in the urgent care as a new graduate, especially since I will not be caring for individuals that are acutely ill such as those in the hospital. I have always believed that starting in outpatient would hopefully set me up for success in pursuing that in the future following NP school. However, now I'm not so sure with the feedback I have been receiving. I feel that the urgent care job is what I would like for my first RN job, but I also do not want to set myself up for failure for my future career if I plan on pursuing family medicine/NP. If any nurse/nurse practitioner can please give me some guidance, I would be so SO grateful - sincerly a lost and confused nursing student