Changing specialities?

[Therhapsody89]

I've only been a nurse for 1 year, with a total of 3 years in adult psych. I recently accepted a travel nurse job and they said they can only place me in psych even though I am competent in the medical skills needed for a med surg floor. How do I change specialties? I don't want to work in psych. Ideally, ER is my goal, but I know I have to have some med floor experience. Am I ever going to be able to get that if nobody will place me anywhere other then a psych floor? I'm open to all advice and suggestions!

[Argo]

I always ask the forums here before I start discussing things with my recruiter. I've been traveling as a PICU nurse for a year now. I have 3 years peds icu burns and 1 year general icu with some cvicu experience. I was thinking of making the transition to Adult ICU. Should I take a FTE position somewhere to get experience, thinking with only peds icu would make it impossible to get a travel position in adults? I met a fellow traveler who worked adult CV, no peds experience and was hired onto a peds CV unit, though that was FTE status, not traveler. Any info would be great! Thanks!

You have a year of experience in general icu... is that still a pedi unit? If not then I see no problem....

[Dassit82]

The year of General icu experience is still a pedi unit, yes. Looks like I'll be traveling a little more in peds before having to commit somewhere for the adult experience. Thanks for the info y'all!