changing career from company nurse to sleep technician

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hi guys,

just a newbie here. just want to get some advice from you. since there is a rare opportunity to work in a hospital here in the country where i live, i am currently working as a company nurse, i grabbed this chance due to salary and benefits that you can have from this nursing field. but i have realized that money is not enough to make people in our profession happy. i am scheduled for an interview on april 8 for the position of sleep technician. ive decided to apply for this position because i know i would get more learning experience from this job, and also i believe i would get more job opportunity abroad if i have experiences from different field. and besides, id like to become diagnostic nurse. if ever they will give me job offer as sleep tech, should i grab it? or would remain as company nurse where my nursing knowledge and skill get stuck up due to sedentary nature of work a company nurse has. your response is greatly appreciated guys.

thank you very much.

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hi guys,

im so sorry for the confusing links indicated above. here's the edited one.

"hi guys,

just a newbie here. just want to get some advice from you. since there is a rare opportunity to work in a hospital here in the country where i live, i am currently working as a company nurse, i grabbed this chance due to salary and benefits that you can have from this nursing field. but i have realized that money is not enough to make people in our profession happy. i am scheduled for an interview on april 8 for the position of sleep technician. ive decided to apply for this position because i know i would get more learning experience from this job, and also i believe i would get more job opportunity abroad if i have experiences from different field. and besides, id like to become diagnostic nurse. if ever they will give me job as sleep tech, should i grab it? or would remain as company nurse where my nursing knowledge and skill get stuck up due to sedentary nature of work a company nurse has. your response is greatly appreciated guys.

thank you very much. "

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Honestly, my husband worked as a sleep tech for a year and hated it because he felt the job was not challenging enough for him. There wasn't enough to do for those 12 hours each night and it is very sedentary. After you hook the patient up, you monitor them while they sleep and you sit for 12 hours. Because the job only requires a high school degree, he found he wasn't doing any diagnosing, simply tracking the progress for the doctor to go over. I feel as a nurse that you would be bored with it, but it all depends on the particular job. Now in med school, he loves interacting with patients and being busy. Just my two cents.

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I second that. I am a registered sleep tech going back to school as a nurse because it is in no way, shape or form challenging enough. You are basically an electrician as a sleep tech.

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Thank you merky and meg11 for your responses, your responses are big help in my decision whether to pursue in sleep tech position or not. by the way, God is really good, i was contacted by the first hospital, established here in the country where im residing, regarding my application to them, that i will have my interview on 13 of this month. please pray for my passage. one more question, should i inform the company that called me for the position of sleep tech to cancel my interview, or should i attend the interview?

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Good luck, prayers are on their way! I would still go on the sleep interview on the off chance that you don't get the job you want, just so you can pay the bills until the right job opens up. I know things are tight, so I am keeping my sleep registry through nursing school and beyond just in case I can't find a nursing job right away. I hope I understood your questions, maybe I am confused though- you are currently working as a nurse or no?

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