djmatte
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djmatte's post in Does Palliative Care Limit Career Path? was marked as the answerAnytime you specialize you run that risk. I started my RN career in PACU. the only way I broke out of that (besides getting my FNP) was transitioning to an acute pain nurse. ICUs didn’t want that background and the floor would require too much to relearn.
the big question is do you want to work in that field? Palliative care is tough, but for the right person could be rewarding. Not everyone has the chops to work there and in a field getting ever more saturated, it could be far better of an opportunity than primary care (or something similar). Nothing wrong with being pigeon holed if you like what you do and excel at it.