Do I need to start my career in medsurg?(infp and hsp personality here)

Hi all,I'm a new nurse. I'm deciding where to begin my career. I liked the ideas of public health, mental health, and home health while I was in school, but would really love to get my masters and do research within the next couple of years. Writing is my forte and I love it. I'm just having trouble deciding on where to apply right now to begin my career. I'd like to get a good foundation so everyone says go for medsurg. I agree, I just have a hard time with this type of nursing as its so fast-paced and nightshifts are so hard on the body! I am an INFP personality and also a highly sensitive person for those who are familiar. I get so drained and stressed in this type of nursing. I heard complex continuing care is slower paced, but will I get a good foundation? I'm also more dreamy and creative but can succeed in medsurg if I really try, it just goes against my basic personality and I get depressed doing shift wor as I think I have SAD related to my high sensitivity. Any advice? Should I suck it up and work medsurg for a year and then follow my dreams to become a nurse researcher? If anyone else has a similar personality type, I'd be curious to know where you are working as an RN. Thanks!
No, you do not have to start your career in med-surg: lots of successful nurses start off in other areas. A year in med-surg, while it can't hurt, doesn't necessarily guarantee nursing success.That being said, having actual nursing experience under your belt will be invaluable to you when you become a nurse researcher. So find an area that you like and get your year or two of experience in there.

I am an INFP and work in Acute Rehab - slower paced, more time with patients.

Quote from MeriwhenNo, you do not have to start your career in med-surg: lots of successful nurses start off in other areas. A year in med-surg, while it can't hurt, doesn't necessarily guarantee nursing success.That being said, having actual nursing experience under your belt will be invaluable to you when you become a nurse researcher. So find an area that you like and get your year or two of experience in there.

Lol thanks.I'll have to look into the general rotation thing. Something like rehab does sound appealing too. I guess what's comforting is that if I don't like something, I have so many other areas to choose from. Maybe I can consider this year ahead of me an extension of my schooling, because I think that's really what it will be like...lots to learn.