Advice for career change

[kathrynjones, BSN]

Hello school nurses ? have any of you left acute care in the hospital with older patients and gone to school nursing? What's the learning curve?

I am interviewing to be a substitute nurse next week. I hope to learn a lot and get a full time job in the future ? I am excited and hoping for the best

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

Hi! You hit us at an awkward time. Most of us won't be back until next week or later.

We value you with acute care experience as you have a well-developed sense of what is "normal" and what is not. Just like you memorized the "normal" values for adults, you can easily adapt to school-age if you look up what "normal" is. I totally wouldn't worry about that.

There's a lot of good advice already here for what to expect in an interview - you can use the search function to the upper right.

Best of luck! Let us know how it goes.

[kathrynjones, BSN]

1 hour ago, ruby_jane said:

Hi! You hit us at an awkward time. Most of us won't be back until next week or later.

We value you with acute care experience as you have a well-developed sense of what is "normal" and what is not. Just like you memorized the "normal" values for adults, you can easily adapt to school-age if you look up what "normal" is. I totally wouldn't worry about that.

There's a lot of good advice already here for what to expect in an interview - you can use the search function to the upper right.

Best of luck! Let us know how it goes.

Thanks for the reply! I have been looking at some posts and it seems a lot of people want to get into school nursing. Most people seem to have some pediatric experience though, so I have worried I won't be considered a good candidate. Your advice makes me feel better. Thanks!

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

21 hours ago, kathrynjones said:

Thanks for the reply! I have been looking at some posts and it seems a lot of people want to get into school nursing. Most people seem to have some pediatric experience though, so I have worried I won't be considered a good candidate. Your advice makes me feel better. Thanks!

Nah. I mean...it's good to have it. But you know how to be a nurse. So all you need to learn is how your district wants it done.