Kitten403

First my intent was not to offend anyone, nursing is a hard job, most of the stereotypes I've heard are from the other threads regarding correctional nursing. It sounds as though skill wise this might be an area that I would enjoy and benefit from. I know some asked if I graduated yet, I have 9 weeks left of school. As far as background I have worked as an EMT for a few years so I have some experience with assessing and stabilizing patients, in line with that my dream job is to be a trauma nurse. I want to make sure I get the opportunity and the experience that will open that door for me. I appreciate everyone advice, I'm glad to hear that job entails a lot of the skills I think would make me a good candidate for ER nursing. Thank you all again for your time.

I'm a nursing student with one semester left, where I'm currently at the nursing jobs for new grads are few and far between. I've considered going into correctional nursing since they take new grads and figured I'd put in a couple years and stay if I like it and if I don't then I'd apply for a position in a hospital, thinking I'd have an advantage because I'd have some experience. My concern is that I hear a lot of people say that the nurses in the prisons are usually the ones the hospitals won't hire and that you lose a lot of skills, I'm worried that I'll be branded with that label if I start in corrections and will be undesirable by future hospital employers. I'm curious if it's hard to get hired into a hospital after being a prison nurse? Any experience of your own or others that you know of that have attempted the same course would be much appreciated.