Career Advice please! How to get an RN job in a different speciality?

[Chocolate39]

Hi everyone!

The OR is my first job out of school and I have been in the OR for 10 months now. At first, I found OR nursing really intriguing because there was so much I didn't know and it was challenging for me. However, now I'm eager to learn more and grow more as an RN and I feel like I'm loosing a lot of bedside skills and knowledge about meds/diseases that I learned in nursing school. I love the OR, but I am thinking about my future and eventually I'd like to go back to school and become a nurse practitioner.

I want to work on the floor or even in a nursing home, but I don't want to lose my current job. What if I don't like my new job and regret losing my current job? What if I don't get accepted into grad school in the future? I don't know what the best solution is for me. Perhaps I can work as resource in the OR and pick up another part time? Not sure. Would appreciate any advice!

Are there any OR nurses out there that have gone from OR to floor nursing? If so, what specialty did you switch to and what OR nurse skills did you mention in your interview in order to get the job?

THANK YOU!