I recently read that less med students are taking the general practitioner/internist route because they want to make more money. Are you finding that nurses are trying to specialize more than they used to as well (i.e. peds, heme, etc)?

CD, I agree with you on that one.  I knew I wanted to specialize in the OB field and I was fortunate enough to get hired into an OB department right after graduation.  It is a challange being a new RN and having to learn a speciality field at the same time, but I love it and it never gets boring...I guess I thrive under stress..ha ha  I did, however, participate in a Med-Surg extern program while I was in ADN school and it did help me to get the basics down which does make the transition into a speciality area a little easier..