What kind of nurse are you?

[RNMariposa]

Before I entered nursing school I thought I had it all figured out as to what field of nursing I wanted to enter. Now I am not so sure because I have had the time to see there are more options than I had originally thought.

My question(s) is(are)- what kind of nurse are you? Did you always plan to enter that field or did that change after graduating? (ie you really wanted to be a med/surg nurse and now you are in psych)

Secondly, I want to further my education and before I do I need to figure out what path I want to choose. So, if anyone who is in/ has been in/ or knows about any of these fields please tell me the pros and cons.

Case Management

Occupational Health

Forensic Nursing

Labor and delivery

Nutritional counseling

Nursing Administration

Midwifery

Third, has anyone received a BSN or Masters through online classes? Are these reputable? Will they be taken seriously? Basically can anyone help me out with pros and cons of online classes vs. in person classes.

Thanks!

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

I'm, at the moment, a medical nurse.

It's not at all what I planned.

I worked as an extern in the Perioperative environment, and had my preceptorship in school in a NICU. I couldn't find any NICU jobs so I tried cardiac nursing and hated it. Then I did surgical nursing and liked it but not what was happening to my floor. So I went to the OR and realized it was not me at all. I ended up on a medical floor because that was the job available to me.

I don't know how long I'll stick around here. Every day, I think I want to work somewhere else (IV Team, Staff Development, ER, ICU, NICU, Pediatric Oncology, Disaster Relief...) so I'm fine sticking around here for the time being.

[I RN A]

I'm a new grad, BSN. Hopefully will make a good nurse. At least really want to be a good nurse. I love ER. I wanted to do L&D, but started working in ER as a student nurse. I fell in love with ER. I think that you need to experience something that you are interested in, and if you like it, just go for it. Nursing is the greatest profession of all, you can always try to work different areas and never be bored.

[NeoNurseTX, RN]

I'm a NICU nurse and that's all I've ever really wanted to do! (once I started school anyway..my whole life I was pretty sure I didn't want to be a nurse).