Just Graduated and Really do NOT want to go to Med-surg? Is this possible?? HELP!

Hi there, Just passed my NCLEX-RN, super excited I went through an extremely difficult nursing school and did well. Now that I am now job searching... I am very worried about only getting a job in the Med-surg department. I had an anxiety attack while I was on the med-surg unit during nursing school, i just hated it. I understand that it is a "great" place to start for the experience, but I am so worried that if it is my first job that it will ruin my nursing experience personally for myself. I really do not want to be miserable. What should I do... am I being unrealistic or too picky. I am not expecting a high end job or anything like that. But I hear these horror stories about having 8 -10 patients and being so overwhelmed that some just break down. I want to be safe to myself as well as my patients. Please help advice would be appreciated. Thanks so much!!
Congratulations on passing the NCLEX!! You must be excited. I am a new nurse (just made my year). I work on a surgical unit (orthapedics, plastic surgery, vasculary, and general surgery). We do get medicine pts occasionally. This is not my dream job but I am getting a lot of experience with different kinds of pts and am learning what to expect when certain things happen. So, I wouldn't be to freaked out about med/surg. But on the other token, I have known a lot of my friends who have worked outside of med/surg (visiting nurse service, oncology, ICU, PACU, pediatrics, PICU) So, there are a lot of different options. I would say just keep your options open. Good luck to you!
Quote from GEM27Hi there, Just passed my NCLEX-RN, super excited I went through an extremely difficult nursing school and did well. Now that I am now job searching... I am very worried about only getting a job in the Med-surg department. I had an anxiety attack while I was on the med-surg unit during nursing school, i just hated it. I understand that it is a "great" place to start for the experience, but I am so worried that if it is my first job that it will ruin my nursing experience personally for myself. I really do not want to be miserable. What should I do... am I being unrealistic or too picky. I am not expecting a high end job or anything like that. But I hear these horror stories about having 8 -10 patients and being so overwhelmed that some just break down. I want to be safe to myself as well as my patients. Please help advice would be appreciated. Thanks so much!!