Hi
I’ve been offered a nursing associate apprenticeship (yay) but I’ve just found out my base placement is on a gastro/surgical ward which is like nothing I have ever worked in before. My current job is on an acute paediatric inpatient ward so while I have experience of surgical patients, it is specifically in the child health care group and almost never gastro. I’m so nervous and tempted to withdraw because I just do not know what to expect and it’s an area I have never had an interest in, although general surgery appeals to me. Does anyone have any experience or advice for me to consider? I really want to be excited about this opportunity which has taken me literally years to get, but I just feel very overwhelmed at the thought of 2 years on an adult gastro surgical ward!