ER Nurses: Do you think you can work in another specialty??

I work with a number of nurses who rotate between ED and ICU.

I work with a number of nurses who rotate between ED and ICU.

Thanks for your answer. How about any who do SNF or outpatient work on the side?

I also work in both emergency and ICU.

I thought I wanted to work in another specialty, specifically IR and PACU. But now I have experience in both those areas and I am desperately waiting for my PACU contract to be over so I can go back to the ER. I'm so bored. ER for me, from here out.

Yes, I know a lot of nurses that work part time in the hospital and have side jobs. One works for a dermatologist for the drastically reduced cosmetic procedures. I know another that teaches TNCC on the side. I wanted to add that not all hospitals allow nurses to rotate between units, in fact I think it is rather unusual. But it is a huge benefit giving more staffing flexibility and clinical expertise.

I work ED and Virtual Care

I know a bunch of folks who have side jobs at urgent care centers.

you can do practically any specialty you like..i know, some of my coworkers have part time jobs in surgery

As anyone thought about cath lab? I want to try it but don't think I could leave er completely

ER gets old after a while, especially if you work in a busy center (especially with trauma). It's fun to see a lot of different things when you get started but dealing with angry patients and risking getting a stuck with an infected needle is not good. Maybe I just had a bad shift...

When the ED gets old, I plan on becoming a sedation nurse at the radiology department. Sedating 1 pediatric patient at a time isn't a bad gig. Plus diffs are usually decent since PALS are involved. I'll probably still work PRN in the ED.

I DIDN'T CHOOSE THE ED LIFE, THE ED LIFE CHOSE ME.