With all the people waiting on pins and needles... I thought it might be nice to forget about getting into a program for now and talk about where you see yourself once you are done with nursing school....
I'll go first....
I would LOVE to work in the NICU at Children's Hospital in Mpls. I also see myself in L&D. I have always had a passion for babies and recently, pregnant women (after having 3 kids I've been facinated with pregnancy)... so L&D would be really wonderful for me as well....
My heart is with the babies though as I would love to really be a baby nurse...
I would like to work in some form of Critical Care. I don't know exactly where yet. I just interviewed yesterday for an intermediate (stepdown) and an Adult ICU position. That will be a good palce for me to start. NICU doesn't sound so bad. I'm most interested in CCU (cardiac) right now but I'm sure that will change before I graduate!
I start my pre-reqs this summer. I have had a long journey. I just decided to get back into school after a long physical and mental abusive marriage. I would love to be an L&D nurse. That has been a fire that has been burning inside of me since I was 15 and even through the bad times. I never gave up on that dream and now I have with a wonderful supportive husband and I can persue my dream!
I start my pre-reqs this summer. I have had a long journey. I just decided to get back into school after a long physical and mental abusive marriage. I would love to be an L&D nurse. That has been a fire that has been burning inside of me since I was 15 and even through the bad times. I never gave up on that dream and now I have with a wonderful supportive husband and I can persue my dream!
You go girl!! I love hearing these types of stories. I'm so glad you have pulled through and are able to pursue your dream.
After going through nursing school and doing every single rotation available, I haven't changed my mind - ER ER ER ER!
That being said, at least 90% of my peers changed their minds from day 1 to a week or so before graduation.
My advice is to be open minded, learn, find your niche. There is a place for each and every one of us going into nursing.
Take time to learn, absorb and find your comfort zone. One thing is almost sure, if you like kids you'll end up gravitating towards peds, nicu, picu, et al. I am an adrenaline junkie and think better when their is chaos, codes, etc. Oh dear, my days with the airlines have turned me into this!:)
i would loooooove to be a ccrn, it's fast paced, u always have to be on your toes, small number of pt's so they get more attn, then i want to be a cns research, education, etc..... interest me!
I think I am leaning towards hospice/vna.... of course I will have to work med-surg first. But sharing the end of someones life seems like such an honor.
We will see when I actually get in and do clinics maybe things will change....
I haven't gotten into the clinical portion of Nursing school so I am not sure exactly. However, I currently want to be in L&D but mainly in the postpartum care of the mommies.
My interests right now are ER, NICU and OR nursing. It's funny, because they are all completely different areas of nursing-but all of them interest me so much! I can't wait to see what it's really like in these units when I start clinicals! I could be in for a big shock!
With all the people waiting on pins and needles... I thought it might be nice to forget about getting into a program for now and talk about where you see yourself once you are done with nursing school....
I'll go first....
I would LOVE to work in the NICU at Children's Hospital in Mpls. I also see myself in L&D. I have always had a passion for babies and recently, pregnant women (after having 3 kids I've been facinated with pregnancy)... so L&D would be really wonderful for me as well....
My heart is with the babies though as I would love to really be a baby nurse...
So what do you all think??
Jennifer
Jennifer, I could've written your post word for word - except for the Minneapolis part. LOL I think my heart is going to be in NICU someday. But I also have an interest in L&D. I have three sons.
~*HopefulNICUnurse*~
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I love babies so I would like to work in the NICU. I also wouldn't mind working in the well baby nursery or in peds