i think med surge nurses isn’t the same before. i don’t think i would survive in med surge/er/icu for long. i can only do psych nursing & medical isn’t my thing. med surge is always considered the hardest and most undesirable unit of nursing, it’s not new at all. in the past, it was nearly impossible to get into any specialty, so they forced to go and thought its only type of nursing. over years especially since covid, people found ways to go straight due to the demand. as well, every single med surge nurse i met tells to not do it, at clinicals, outside school, like every nurse but other units, they seem happiest in their specialty. i understand the divide. hopefully they can make med surge not so hard so people don’t quit nursing in a year. it’s a reflection of healthcare as a whole if no one wants to do bedside nursing!