Question about first jobs out of school

[jamst149]

I am waiting to hear about acceptance to UPMC Shadyside hospital program. My goal after graduation is to get my BSN and then go to grad school.

It is my understanding that to bea admitted to most grad schools they require nursing experience in an acute care setting. I have been told this pretty much means any nursing position within a hospital. Meaning they just don't want you working in a nursing home or some such place.

So anyway I am trying to conduct shadowing experiences before I enter nursing school to make sure I am making the right choice. So I would like to know what is the most common job a nurse right out of school lands? I have been told med surg is generally the most common and that it is uncommon to land ICU type jobs. So I am wondering if this information is correct should I be shadowing a med surg nurse to get the best understanding of what I will actually be doing as a nurse? Any other kinds of nurses worth taking a look at?

Thanks

[LoraLou]

It depends, its getting more common i think to be able to go into ICU first, at least in my area. I was able to do so, i first went through a fellowship program where i took more classes on diseases and such that we would see more often in the icu (vents, sepsis, shock, etc) while at the same time rotating through various units at a couple of different hospitals (ER, ICU, CCU, OH recovery, etc). that was for 5 months, after that we interviewed in the hospitals, and ended up someplace. Going into it we were gauranteed a job in a critical care unit at one of the three hospitals that we were rotating through.

Lora