WHat is considered acute care experience?

[newbieRN724]

Hello everyone!!! There is a job fair at this LTACH in my area, when I called the recruiter he said I could go and give it try. But the manager only wanted RNs with at least 1 year of experience with vents and trachs. I found the link for the job fair and it's saying you have to have one year of acute care experience. Well I have 10 months experience as a RN and I work on a post acute care floor at my current employment. We get ppl on PD, TPN, trachs, NGs, chest tubes, IV ATBs n fluids, post op ppl, etc. Is that considered acute care??

[newbieRN724]

Thank you!

[LordFarquad]

Acute care is considered a job at a hospital (i.e. tele, ICU, ER, med/surg). Nothing long term, as in SNF, home health, or hospice, etc.

[Kcattanp]

Same here. I work in home health with the same type patients and skills as smartnurse1982, and found recruiters think home care nurses are just babysitters!