what do ambulatory nurses do?

[abu123, BSN, MSN, RN]

I am currently thinking of working as an ambulatory nurse. So I applied to a lot of job posting for it. I am working as an ER nurse in a busy hospital. Been there for 3 months going to 4 months. When I got out of orientation, I felt free. But the stress level is really high most especially that I am having problem with my legs. I am so young and already have varicose vein problems. So I was advised by my doctor to have ablation surgery because it has been really a pain in the ***. Working in the ed is stressful especially that I have to push patient's stretchers going to their rooms, or change patient's position when cleaning them, you know what I mean. I was not expecting carrying and pushing heavy people was part of the job. lol. In the country I used to work we have UAP to do those things. So this really made me hate working in ED because I am a very tiny person and I just cant get help from people at work to do these things because they are busy too and some people just dont want to help. Sorry for my long nonsense talk. So what do ambulatory nurse do? Will I ever have a chance to get a job in there even if my US experience is less than 6 months? Thank you

[River&MountainRN, ADN, RN]

It depends on how hard up for help the facility is that you're applying to as far as ease of being hired. When I hear the term "Ambulatory Nursing", my thoughts range from Walk-In/Urgent Care (where your ER experience would come in handy) to Primary Care to Specialty Care to Outpatient Surgery.

It depends on the specialty and the practice as to your duties. They can range from working mostly on the computer, triaging patients and answering their questions and returning lab values, to rooming patients to doing nurse visits (A1C checks, BP checks, etc).

[abu123, BSN, MSN, RN]

On 7/28/2019 at 9:26 PM, River&MountainRN said:

It depends on how hard up for help the facility is that you're applying to as far as ease of being hired. When I hear the term "Ambulatory Nursing", my thoughts range from Walk-In/Urgent Care (where your ER experience would come in handy) to Primary Care to Specialty Care to Outpatient Surgery.

It depends on the specialty and the practice as to your duties. They can range from working mostly on the computer, triaging patients and answering their questions and returning lab values, to rooming patients to doing nurse visits (A1C checks, BP checks, etc).

Thank you?

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

Anybody not in acute care is pretty much an ambulatory nurse. School nursing is interesting but there's no guarantees you won't be heavy lifting or walking.