Interested in IR nursing

[BeatsPerMinute]

I have an interview for IR coming up! I am excited! I hope to be changing specialties and moving to a procedural area. My background is critical care. I am very detail oriented, I like learning about how things work, do best having one patient at a time ( I get super focused on that person's care and enjoy that). I also find the technology fascinating, so the procedural area seems like it could be a good fit for me. I have shadowed in IR already and have a basic idea of what it will be like as a nurse in IR, but want to ask about people's experiences, and for tips transitioning to IR from critical care, any challenges to anticipate, etc, (IF i get this position ? )

Also, what should I expect for orientation?

Do you have any interview tips?

[DEADPOOH, RN]

First, I'd like to thank everyone for all of the information above - super helpful!

I do have a question: What can I do to get my foot in the door as far as an IR position?
I have 1 yr of peds OR exp., 1 yr home care exp. (along with non-medical military exp.). I'm all about the attention to detail and intricacies.

I've applied to an IR RN position (application status says "under review").
Just not sure if I even have a shot or I should move on - even though from these descriptions of the job, I'm hooked.

[guest769224]

On 10/3/2020 at 5:36 PM, DEADPOOH said:

I do have a question: What can I do to get my foot in the door as far as an IR position?
 

Hey Deadpooh, from what I've seen, most IR's like to hire nurses with critical care backgrounds. The nurses on my IR team all hailed from ICU, ER, and a couple from IMC. Good luck with your application! IR is a dream job if you ask me. It's why there's so few openings. I will never go back to floor nursing after this.

[bnurse22]

I work in an ICU and I don't get a lot of experience putting in IVs but I want to move to IR. Is that something I will learn? Will it be okay if I don't have this skill?