Hospitalist RN vs Medical Unit RN

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Hi all,

I have an interview coming up for two units at the same hospital. The two units are Hospitalist and Medical. I am having a hard time finding information online that differentiates the two units. Could someone please offer me some insight on this?

Thanks!

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Specializes in NICU.

at least at our facility, the Hospitalist RN is associated with the Hospitalist (inpatient) physician, not a specific unit. I don't know what their duties are (I'm night shift, I don't see our hospitalist RN).

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Specializes in Trauma Surgical ICU.

Never heard of a unit called hospitalist. We have a group of physicians that are employed by the hospital that are called Hospitalist, several of them have an RN with them that rounds on there pts and reports back to them for orders, etc..

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I would personally jump at the chance to be a hospitalist RN.

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The hospitalist RN position might be a great learning experience. If you end up with it please update us in the future with what all you do please.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Hi! I had the same fortune last week to interview on the hospitalist unit as well as general acute med with telemetry. The gen med offered me on the spot and I accepted because I liked the vibe and can start next month. The hospitalist unit has 24 beds, 12 monitored, and only attendings are in charge, vs other units where there are residents, etc. You'd probably have more autonomy and responsibility on a true hospitalist unit. As a new grad, in this particular HU, it might be a little too much of a challenge. Go with your gut! Everything has pros/cons!

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