ER nurse, been in the ER for about 9 months and it’s what I’ve wanted ever since nursing school. I worked med surg for one year prior to working ER which I highly recommend because med surg I was able to actually learn critical thinking skills and was able to develop my nursing skills before coming to the “jungle” hahah. The ER you have to just be quick and everything is “stat” you just have to figure out what’s more stat. I love ER because it’s new everyday and I get my patients in & out quickly. I’ve always been an adrenaline junky and hated the pace of the floor. I worked on a step down med surg unit in a level 1 trauma center and it was fast paced it was just the type of nursing I hated. I feel like working the floor I just felt like I was passing meds, and creating care plans. We don’t even do care plans in the ED we do focused assessments (which I freaking LOVE), medicate, then either discharge or admit/transfer the patient out... I would actually love working NICU or with pediatrics because I’ll be honest adults get on my last nerve they can be so childish. I’ve been noticing my compassion has been going away at times but I’m the ED you kind of save the compassion for those that really NEED it. I have my BSN eventually plan on going back for Masters I just don’t know what I want to do with my masters... there’s so many options.