GI/Endo certifications for New Grad?

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Jan 10, 2014

Nearly all nursing specialty credentials require a minimum of 2 years full time practice working in the designated specialty as this is the professional standard. One cannot be a specialist when starting out, experience is required. However your enthusiasm is palpable. Consider looking into ACLS as I am guessing you mean endoscopy not endocrinology. Since scopes use MAC/conscious sedation most facilities require nurses to be at minimum ACLS certified to attend to these monitored patients

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Jan 12, 2014

As a new grad nurse, I can't wait to get my life going as a GI/endo nurse. I understand that I will definitely be better as a GI/Endo nurse with at least Med/Surg under my belt, but in the meantime, I'd like to get some certifications to show that I'm serious about this particular field.
What would you experienced nurses recommend? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

Are you talking about taking the certification to become a GCRN? If so, you are not eligible as a new grad. You need to have 2 years of full-time GI nursing experience:

Exam Eligibility Requirements

Yumidaiko · Jan 13, 2014

Thank you for your responses. I am already ACLS certified (thankfully, my school provided this for us during critical care), but I was just curious if there were anything else I could do to show I'm serious about GI and endoscopy. Are there any specific groups, affiliations, memberships I can look into?

darynash · Mar 16, 2014

You can join SGNA, the professional organization for GI nurses.

llg, PhD, RN · Mar 16, 2014

You could also get some continuing education in that field. For example, you could attend a conference organized by the professional specialty organization. That won't earn you a certification, but it would give you some additional knowledge of the field and certificate of completion would show that you are willing to invest in learning more about it.