What specialty do you want and not want to work in?

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I saw this thread started on another thread for people that are already nurses and I figured it'd be fun to just do it for student nurses as well.

What specialy do I want to work in? I really wanna do either Pediatric or Mother Baby/L&D.

What specialty would I never want to work in? I think LTC, it just isn't for me.

I'm curious to see what I think in 2 years when I'm graduating. I just applied for fall 2010, so I have a LONG way to go.

My current thought is that I would like l/d, NICU, mother/child, maybe PICU

I am terrified of ED, trauma

I did not enjoy my LTC clinical and do not think I'm called to geriatrics

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Specializes in GI.

I am willing to work in almost anything. I originally thought I wanted to go into the NICU but I realized I liked working with adults. My other preference is Postpartum, but who knows?

I do not want to work in oncology, informatics, or psych. I want to be able to use as much as I learned in nursing school

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What specialy do I want to work in? Not sure, but something with adults. Perhaps Oncology, LTC, or even med-surg.

What specialty would I never want to work in? Not L&D, NICU pediatrics, or anything to do with pregnancy/babies/etc. As a 30 year old woman with no children who won't be having any, I don't feel I can relate to the pregnancy/motherhood/breastfeeding realm in an empathetic way. I feel like I'm on another planet from most women when it comes to this sort of thing.

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I want to work in something fast paced and exciting. I'm thinking ER, Trauma, or Flight. Maybe ICU.

I definitely could never work in LTC, Geriatrics, or Med/Surg. I don't think I could do psychiatry either. When I worked on a Med/Surg floor, I never liked my psych patients or geriatric patients.

I have a passion for truly saving lives and I get bored easily. That's why I'm drawn to ER, Trauma, and Flight.

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I'd like to work in ICU or ER....preferably ICU though. Mainly because it's face paced and I don't think I'd be bored.

I would never want to work in L&D. I'm against much of Americas view on birth and the whole business of obstetrics (inducing/c-sections etc) and against circumcision and formula. So L&D wouldn't be a good fit for me and I know this. :)

Then PLEASE PLEASE DO go into L&D! L&D needs more healthcare professionals/advocates like you!

I gave birth to my son in a horrible hospital in a horrible po-dunk town (and had a horrible birth--not really the OBs fault; I wasn't induced or anything like that), and I was so happy to have ONE nurse/lactation consultant who was actually on the same page and pro-nursing, and came in and was supportive and congratulated me for not circumcising my son (the other nurses thought we were just waiting to have a Bris. . .NOPE).

But yeah, it would be really hard for me to really advocate for a woman's choices when I think they're harmful/ill-advised.

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I'm not really sure what I want to do. I float right now as a Tech, and I tend to really like:

- transplant units, ICU/stepdown units (esp trauma stepdown, Neurotrauma stepdown, etc), ED.

We don't have L&D or peds at the hospital where I'm working and I haven't gotten to that in clinicals, but I'm really interested in women's health/public health in general. I'm also interested in surgery but not so interested in surgeons because they're primadonnas.

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Specializes in CVICU/ER.

I want to be in the ER. I graduate in April and externing in the Emergency Dept Henry Ford Detroit. I can't say enough about the management and the charge nurses. It is my dream job and I hope they offer me a position once I graduate. In a couple of years I want to get into an SICU so I can eventually go to CRNA school. The ER is where I want to be now though.

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Specializes in Psych.

Does anyone know if lactation consultants are RNs? I have researched it some online but I wasn't quite clear from what I found if you necessarily have to be an RN first. It is an area I am interested in. I also plan to contact some real-life lactation consultants to find out what they have to say.

Thanks.

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Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.
Does anyone know if lactation consultants are RNs? I have researched it some online but I wasn't quite clear from what I found if you necessarily have to be an RN first. It is an area I am interested in. I also plan to contact some real-life lactation consultants to find out what they have to say.

Thanks.

they dont have to be RN's. The ones I've worked with in clinical used to be floor RNs, but that doesnt mean RN is a pre-req in becoming a LC. I have a girlfriend who is working on becoming an LC and she isnt a nurse. She currently works for WIC.

http://americas.iblce.org/how-to-become-a-lactation-consultant

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Specializes in OB.

First off, I want to say this is a wonderful thread and thank you for starting it. I have only applied to nursing school this month and won't even know if I am accepted until May, but hearing everyones feeling towards different departments is facinating to me. I am really suprised to hear so many people not wanting to work with children. I do understand the rational for it though. When I first started school to be come an RN I thought that I wanted to work with children. I have two of my own and they are my very life. I would have many more if I could afford them. But I think that it would be very hard for me to work with sick or hurt children. I think I may just be to sensitive for that.

Since I haven't started nursing school yet and really have no experience in the health care field, right now I really do not have a do or do not want area. I do not think that LTC is for me but again, I do not have experience in this field so I am open to anything. I think rehab LTC would be kind of cool but honestly right now, I am interested in working in the E.R. or maybe in surgery.

Thanks again for everyone who put in their imput. Please keep them comming and sorry my post was so long ;):jester:

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I want OR. Thankfully I'm doing my preceptorship there & I love it. Then again, my goal is to become a First Assistant.

I do not want PEDS or NICU. Babies & kids scare me to death & the parents are enablers.

I've come to the conclusion that I like departments that have a higher turn over of patients. I hated med-surg because I didn't like taking care of the same people all day long.

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Rural public health nursing all the way..... I'm from small town AK and going to school in rural Appalachia and doing some clinicals at the local free clinic made me want to be a Public Health nurse real bad.... but i think you have to have a year of med/surg before you get sent out into the field..

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