from Ambulatory Care to Bedside

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I recently completed the LPN to RN program and have been doing phone triage for the past several yrs. My current employer has a pension system and I need less than 1 year to be fully vested in it.  Now that I've renewed my clinical skills, I want to keep up at it and am considering going into bedside nursing. Has anyone gone from ambulatory care to bedside?  Was it a difficult change? Have you regretted it?

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I too am curious. I went straight from school to minor procedures clinic and family medicine. I have been doing it for 3 years and feel like something is missing, although I love the work/life balance. I am itchy for more hands on experience. Anyone else?

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Specializes in ER, ICU, MS, SNF, OTC, Perianesthesia, LTC.

I was at bedside then went ambulatory and am now going back to bedside. I thought I was done at bedside and doing all those things but it made me realize I missed ICU to my core.  So, back I go.  I like having days off to myself versus every day I get off and things are closing.  I like having time to schedule days off in a row and now really needing my pto to go to appointments.  I personally feel that I'm a better nurse when I'm rested versus never recovering during the week.  I don't regret changing anything in my nursing career or trying things out. That's how you find what you love. 

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