Thursday, March 15, 2012

My Passion

If you know me at least the slightest bit, you will know that nursing is my passion.  I love it!  I live it, I breathe it.  If you want to get my attention start talking about medical stuff and you will likely have a captive audience.  (Though, fair warning, be prepared to hear more than you could ever want to know about nursing.)  Nursing is my life because I love it and have let it seep into every inch of my life.

Today I was talking with my clinical instructor about how much I love nursing, but not just any nursing.  I specifically love women's health--which can be quite an awkward topic to talk about, fun fact.  Anyway, right now I am very torn as to what field to "specialize" in, or do my capstone/internship in.  I absolutely L-O-V-E Labor and Delivery, but I feel like you don't see as much variety in Labor and Delivery.  On the flipside, I enjoy emergency/critical care nursing, and I would learn a lot more diverse skills, though I don't think it's what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Blech!  I hate making decisions like this.  Fortunately, I have 6-8 months before I have to actually make these decisions.  Let's just hope I can actually make up my mind during that time.  Haha :-)

2 comments:

Shirley said...

Does L/D included postpartem recovery and the nursery? Or are those seperate specialties?

Katrina said...

Not really, our clinical is officially "women's health" so we have rotated through L/D, mother-baby, and nursery/NICU. I could always be a "float nurse" and get to rotate through the different specialties as they need me, though I like routine so I'm not super thrilled by that idea.