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Yes i have. and many things are just people repeating the same things over and over. such as you need a year med surg for anything else. which, i do not see how. when my instructor herself said she went straight in to CCU. However, I wanted opinions from others because I live in such a rural area. Urban areas also have a lot more to offer than my area does. Which is why I specifically stated that where I live is very rural. Therefore, where there may be job abundance in an area like infection control somewhere urban. Here where I live someone basically has to die, or retire to get that job because there is only one infection control nurse. There is one nursing home, and one very small hospital that sends nearly everyone out to bigger hospitals here. Everything else is nearly an hour drive away. Yes, I should prob move if I want more options haha.

I will be graduating from an ASN program in a few short months. After that I will be pursuing my bachelor's degree online which should only take me about a year, if even. I was wondering what kind of jobs in a rural area are available to New Grad RN's that are not Acute Care or ICU nursing. In my program we get mostly med-surg experience. Also, a small amount of maternity and psych. So far, psych is the only thing I have truly enjoyed. However, there are limited jobs in my area within that field. I am just trying to weigh my options... ** Please no snarky comments on what did you expect, blah blah blah..... Don't want your negativity.

Hello, So my grandmother (Retired last year as CEO of a nursing home) recently suggested getting certified to be an MDS coordinator to me. I am still in school, and know that I should probably have some experience and may even be required to have some experience before being certified as a RAC-CT. However, I was wondering what a position like this usually requires as far as experience, certifications, and also just daily tasks. I will be graduating in spring with my RN.

So I am in my last year of school for my ASN, in another year I will have my BSN. I was originally a Pre-Occupational Therapy major and would've had my Bachelor's in Psychology. Psych has always been my favorite thing, I love it, love learning about it, and have a true passion to help psychiatric patient's. I want to help anyone, but psych is the most interesting to me. However, med-surg clinicals have made me hate nursing so much that I have contemplated quitting school and going back to my previous major. When I had clinicals in psych I LOVED it. I had so much fun, and I loved the nurses. In med-surg I have not once felt this way. I would be more than willing to stick it out if I knew I could get a job in a psych setting after I was done with school. However, I have heard you need a year of med-surg to do so. So I feel as though maybe I should take a different route... I just was wondering some others' opinions on this? Do you really need a year of med-surg?!