Lisey

well thanks heaps for your replies. I guess it comes down to the individuals experience and also what care the facility provides eh. It just drives me nuts thinking about it already lol when i have a while to go before I need to make a decision :chuckle

yeah it seems as if med/surg is where it all happens I guess I am a bit confused on the idea that one you start something like LTC then it means you are pretty much stuck there as the other areas would be too hard to get into as you haven't been using certain clinical skills as much as other areas would?? Or is that a big loada bull lol

Hey all, I have a question I am currently a nursing student, in my second of three years and I work as a care assistant in LTC. The thing I'd like some comments on is being a LTC nurse when I graduate. I really love where I work and I'm interested in starting my nursing career in a similar facility but EVERY SINGLE person tells me I will never advance in my career if I start it in LTC:confused: Even the RN's that work there say I should do hospital based nursing for a few years before even thinking about LTC nursing, and that I would lose my skills and not earn as much blah blah. It's really quite annoying. But anyway Can I have some opinions from ppl who have "been there done that" or even ones who havent! lol Thanks