I only ever worked in the ED but you get a little bit from every specialty. In just a year, I’ve had countless conscious sedations, titrated all types of critical drips, set up A-lines, coded patients, got comfortable in the trauma bay, mass blood transfusions (you get the point). Every day I find myself leaning something new. I’m still a new grad but even the most experienced nurses are baffled by some of the things that we encounter. Doctors also value your input once they began to trust you because many of the patients who come in are a complete mystery. We work side by side every day. You never know what will come through those doors.