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hi, y'all! i'll be graduating from the adn program in about 3 weeks from daytona beach comm college. i'm aimee, 31, mother of one lovely daughter (3 going on 30), wife, and presently about to lose my mind (short trip that'll be). trying to decide what in the world i want to do after i grow up & graduate. i'm originally from the wilmington, nc area, & i've lived here in the great state of florida (in lovely downtown deltona) for going on 5 years now. i got into nursing wanting to eventually become a hhc & hospice nurse, & maybe to teach nursing some day. right now i'm not leaning towards any of that. i'm here to soak up all i can from the vast knowledge of those who have gone before me, cause good gravy i need it. aimee

hi! i graduate in just over 3 weeks from an adn program. i am giving myself an ulcer currently worrying about what area i would like to work in. we've had med-surg drilled into our heads from the first semester of school. i can honestly say that i just don't like med-surg. it's not that i can't do it, because i've excelled in clinicals. i think that a ltc facility would be the best place for me. i wonder if i will get the experience i need, or will starting as a new nurse at an ltc limit me in any way? it seems like good experience to me, and i think it would be nice to actually get more involved with the pts instead of just having them for a day or so. i do love geriatrics. i just figure if i really don't want to work on a med-surg floor then why do it, since i really feel that an ltc is right for me? guess i just want the opinions of nurses who are living the life, & can knock some sense into me about the whole thing. thanks for everyone here at allnurses being so gosh darn wonderful. i've learned a lot on here. :) aimee