What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

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wants to ONLY work NICU or be a trauma flight nurse, but only for two years because then they want to get either their CRNA or FNP before 2015 because there is no way they are getting a doctorate!!

EVERY. SINGLE. STUDENT.

Sigh. . .

Funny because I know of several students who've gotten hired at their desired positions which included ICU, ED.. That being said they also had prior experience as LPNs. I understand there are A LOT of student nurses who are not qualified.....

Like me! I got hired into an ICU the day after I graduated. I don't know what you mean in this post? My post was coming from experience when I mistakenly admitted to a few preceptors that I wanted to be an ICU nurse when they asked. As much as that left a bad taste in their mouth I'm where I wanted to be and I'm learning a lot so... :thankya:

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Specializes in L&D/NICU/Pediatrics.

oh ok I misunderstood :)

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I've been doing back to school physicals for the past two weeks, including a lot of college and community college students. I have had several young ladies (no men) tell me all about their plans to be FNPs, CRNAs, cure ebola, autism and cancer. ;) I just smile and say good luck. I know full well most of them won't make it through prereqs. Of those that do, and actually complete a BSN, statistically, 1 in 10 of them will get a masters degree and 1 in 100 will get a doctorate (those are old and approximate figures, and I hope it is better than that by now and continues to get better). Is this girl sitting on the table in front of me, this one tossing her hair and snapping her gum, this responsible person whom forgot to bring her immunization record but NEEDS it all signed off TODAY (!!!), this respectful person texting and facebooking during her physical exam, this brilliant scholar that can't correctly fill out the history form, this intellectually curious student that doesn't appear to know even the most rudimentary things about nursing education or the profession- is she the one that will go all the way? I don't have any way of knowing and I really don't care. I won't begrudge her her dreams. I will wish her a heartfelt "good luck," because she is going to need it. And also because we all really do need someone to do all those things, it may as well be her!

Sounds to me as if no one would be good enough in your eyes. I feel sorry for any preceptors who make the mistake of choosing an NP such as one who thinks this way.

Sure, those med students you mentioned are smarter...they know better than to share their dreams and aspirations with someone such as yourself, obviously. New nurses are naive, hopefull, optimistic....they just want someone to talk with who should know something about what they are thinking or feeling. It certainly isn't their parents or friends, who know nothing about nursing and can only smile and nod their heads when you are not sure which field you want to go into, when you mention the excitement of your first patient, when you describe the different advancement opportunities you are interested in, etc. How dare those new grads think they have a fellow nurse in you that they feel they can open up to and share with!

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As a nursing student I can tell you that I'm trying to not even think about my clinicals in L&D, that's one place I'm trying to keep my distance.. My goal is to do medsurge for 2 years and move up to trauma..

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Specializes in Critical Care.
I've been doing back to school physicals for the past two weeks, including a lot of college and community college students. I have had several young ladies (no men) tell me all about their plans to be FNPs, CRNAs, cure ebola, autism and cancer. ;) I just smile and say good luck. I know full well most of them won't make it through prereqs. Of those that do, and actually complete a BSN, statistically, 1 in 10 of them will get a masters degree and 1 in 100 will get a doctorate (those are old and approximate figures, and I hope it is better than that by now and continues to get better)...

Very true! When I was in school and the post-grad reps came in EVERYONE raised their hand that they wanted to do ARNP. It didn't help that faculty told every student to go get MSN/DNP prepared (even the less that adept students). Now that I'm actually working, many still don't have a job and those that do are working medsurg or a "low" acuity floor, and maybe

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THIS. I wish I could show every nursing student in clinical this post. Dream to the moon and back, the world is your oyster, but when a preceptor asks, "I just want to learn" is all you should say!

Maybe the preceptor shouldn't ask if they're going to get offended by the student's career goals, really.

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.
Sounds to me as if no one would be good enough in your eyes. I feel sorry for any preceptors who make the mistake of choosing an NP such as one who thinks this way.

Sure, those med students you mentioned are smarter...they know better than to share their dreams and aspirations with someone such as yourself, obviously. New nurses are naive, hopefull, optimistic....they just want someone to talk with who should know something about what they are thinking or feeling. It certainly isn't their parents or friends, who know nothing about nursing and can only smile and nod their heads when you are not sure which field you want to go into, when you mention the excitement of your first patient, when you describe the different advancement opportunities you are interested in, etc. How dare those new grads think they have a fellow nurse in you that they feel they can open up to and share with!

1. you have completely misunderstood and consequently mischaracterized me.

2. I don't precept students, so eager young optimists are quite safe from my pragmatism and statistics, lol.

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.

Maybe the preceptor shouldn't ask if they're going to get offended by the student's career goals, really.

But then the preceptor can't throw out judgments and write condescending posts on allnurses! We wouldn't want that, would we?

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I'm expecting to see a little pad lock on this thread very soon.

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But then the preceptor can't throw out judgments and write condescending posts on allnurses! We wouldn't want that, would we?

:up:

All these people who have goals and are passionate about them, YIKES. NO THANKS.

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Specializes in dialysis.

I think I was the only person in my class to want to do dialysis. When I first thought of nursing school I just thought about med-surg... But one day an administrator from a dialysis unit came to speak to us about kidney disorders and I heard how complex the kidneys were that's when I knew that's what I wanted to do!pat everyone else was nearly sleep during the talk. I begged my instructors to let me do

My practicum at the dialysis unit . Now I work at one

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

I don't think we need a padlock.

One thing that irked me during training was in my final rotation each student got 4 days in the ER which was a treat since LVNs generally don't get to be in the ER in any shape or form. How many days did I get? 1 because the boys convince the instructor that since there eventual goal was the ER when they got their RN that they should have someone elses days too. So unfair especially since none of them are even actively moving in the RN direct right now 4+ years later.

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