Working Paramedic & RN Graduate ~what speciality would be best?

[helpinghand28]

OK. So I haven't graduated yet, but I am enrolled in an RN Program and currently employed as a Paramedic. I am assuming that the best area for me to search for a job upon graduation would be in the Emergency Department as an ER Nurse? Is this a popular area for graduating nurses? or should I look for another area of specialty? I wonder if even having an EMS Degree will help me get a job? Any paramedics out there who can give me any ideas of an area to pursue?

[nursetmj]

I know a lot of ERs don't accept new grads (there are some that do, but I just wanted you to be prepared for that). If you are a Paramedic, and like the intensity/stress of responding in an emergency and work well under pressure, you might also consider ICU. But again, depending on where you live, some ICUs don't accept new grads either. It seems lately, in my part of the country, the ICUs and ERs all want ICU and ER experience (not even Med/Surg exp. is cutting it). Times are tough...hopefully they improve by the time you graduate nursing school. Good luck to ya;)