Which department in the hospital will give me the best experience?

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Does anybody know what department I can work in the hosptial to get experience to work in any department. Since I am a workacholic I would like to be able to work overtime as well. Someone told me if I work in the department for heart surgery that it is enough experience to work in any department to help anybody. Thank you for any feed back please.

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

As a CNA, you should be able to observe much in any critical care unit or in the emergency room.

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Float pool will give you the chance to see all sorts of different departments.

Amanda

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Working on a med-surg floor will surely expose you to almost every imaginable situation possible.

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Each area of expertise will prepare you for that area. Working in a heart area will help you with critical care but not necessarily the ER. L&D is unlike any other area. MedSurg is a great place to get a good knowledge base.

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Float pool will give you the chance to see all sorts of different departments.

Amanda

New grads in my region are not hired for float pool; orientation doesn't work and not enough experience in any one department for any of them to feel comfortable.

Med-surge will let you see something of everything; you can go practically anywhere from there, if you don't know starting out where you want to be.

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