Where in the hospital do I get the best experience?

[stunurs08]

I am a student nurse and would like to after getting years of experience, start working on a family nurse practitioner goal. Where in a hospital would experienced nurses think would give a new nurse the best expediences that could help in attaining that goal? Any ideas and suggestions would be great.

Thank you,

Chris

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

None of the above. Jump the gun much? Waaaaaaaayyyyyyy to soon to start thinking like this. You aren't even close to seeing everything you need to see as a student, you'll have to work four or five years before they'll take you in NP school (oh, wait, somebody told you "One year in the ICU and you're in like Flynn!"? Wrong-o), and by then you may completely change your goals.

Keep your mind open and learn whatever you can wherever you are fortunate enough to get any kind of work at all, and see what happens. Sure, it's great to have a goal. But don't be so laser-focused on it that you miss things in your peripheral vision, because those little surprises often turn out to be the best things in life.

http://www.upworthy.com/this-is-the-most-inspiring-yet-depressing-yet-hilarious-yet-horrifying-yet-heartwarming-grad-speech

Agree with GrnTea.

That said, I think the ED of a large, academic facility is a great place to learn because you see it all... infections, cardiac, pulmonary... even failure-to-thrive... young and old