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I am a ADN nursing student. The program I am in only offers a geratric specialty. How can I specialize in one area? Is it through experience or do you need certification? If so, how to you get cerdified?

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You take courses AFTER you become an RN.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.

I think all programs are generic. I may be wrong, but at least that's how it is with the programs I'm familar with. When I finish my program, I'll stay in hospice because that's where I've been for the past 11 years, but most of my classmates are planning to work in med-surge for the experience before finding a speciality.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I'm confused: an ADN program leads to an RN who will be an entry-level generalist RN. Do you not have peds/OB/mental health, etc?

Or...are you in a non-US based program?

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.
I'm confused: an ADN program leads to an RN who will be an entry-level generalist RN. Do you not have peds/OB/mental health, etc?

Or...are you in a non-US based program?

We have rotations in med=surge, peds, mental health, etc. My school states that upon graduation we will prepared to sit for the NCLEX as a generic BSN.

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We have rotations in med=surge, peds, mental health, etc. My school states that upon graduation we will prepared to sit for the NCLEX as a generic BSN.

I think she was referring to the OP who stated her ADN program only had a GERIATRIC, not generic specialty.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.
I think she was referring to the OP who stated her ADN program only had a GERIATRIC, not generic specialty.

I stand corrected. I mis-read the OP.

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Specializes in ER, ICU.

Normally you specialize after school when you enter the workforce. Many specialty areas will train you, and many others will expect you to have some basic experience first, say about a year. It depends on the employer.

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im also in an ADN program and med surg is the majority of what we will do in clinical but we also get peds, ob, and mental health experience. we also will get end of life/oncology experience at some point too.

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