Why don't nursing schools offer ICU electives?

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If I were a Biology major and wanted to work in virology I could take several elective courses in this area. Furthermore, if I were a Chemistry/Physics major especially interested in nanotechnology I would have many elective opportunities to prepare myself before graduation. However, this doesn't seem to be the case in nursing. Why don't nursing programs offer electives in ER, ICU and other specialty areas? Of course you would still need extensive on the job training after graduation, but at least you would have a significant head start and have a much better idea if it was an area of nursing that you were really interested in after all.

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

As an LPN working on a telemetry unit, my Senior year BSN practicum was in a CCU unit--back in 1982.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Courses in the senior year at my diploma program include clinical rotations in the ICU/CCU, NICU, ER and burn unit.

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