Hiya, I don't work surgery, but I think if you go to the hospital that you are going to be training with, They may be able to tell you the real deal on that area.. Maybe they could give you a tour too.. Good luck to you..Teresa

Hate to sound like an old-timer and give you a piece of my life, but it may help you.

I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman (had 4+ yrs medical experiance) before nursing school and knew that I wanted to either do ICU or CCU.  I did my clinicals in ICU, CCU, NICU, ER, Med/Sur, GYN Surg and Community Health.  All of my friends told me to avoid Community Health, etc.  I was picked for an opening at an ICU in New Mexico and was ready to go. 

Had a car accident, neck injury, they would not take me as is.  I scurried for a job (classmates had them all) except for 1 nursing home.  I worked there for 3 months before I landed a job as a Community Health Nurse.  I ended up loving the field.  In community health I have been a Chief Nurse Officer, Acting Chief Pharmacy Officer, NP, and worked in Med/Surg, Triage, Emergency, Resue, Flight Ops and Tactical Ops.  To shorten the story, I am certified in Comm. Health Nursing, have a Masters in Public Health and retired from the US Public Health Service.

SO.  Yes, check out the surgical rotations in college, but try other things too.  I worked as a comm. hlth nurse, but still worked in other areas (Community, NP, Correctional Health, Clinical, Emer, NICU, PICU, Peds, Admin). 

So train well, you never know where you will really end up.

 Thank you Dr Tom seems like you have had a lot of expereince every where wow! Hopefully I can gain that much knowldege and then make my decision.