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offered PHN position

I was recently offered a PHN position at a county health dept. and am very excited and honored to have this opportunity. I have been a med/surg nurse for 18 mos out of nursing school. My only concern is that if I leave the bedside at this point, will I be able to return in the future if need be? I'm wandering if there are nurses out there who have gone from bedside to non-bedside and back again.

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    Long term what do you want? If you want to go back to the hospital later, it might hurt you.

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    I got a PHN position straight out of nursing school and after working for less than a year I was offered a hospital job in critical care. Do what you want to do now and the future will take care of itself. :D

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    I actually want to leave my critical care setting for public health. I have my BSN, will a BSN suffice when looking into PHN?

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    Ipink, most public health positions actually require a BSN, so you're certainly ahead of the game.

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    Ipink, most public health positions actually require a BSN, so you're certainly ahead of the game.

    Thanks. My post was almost a year ago when I was on a very busy, often stressful, acute care floor. I've seen transferred to a unit and specialty that I love and can't image leaving it for PH.

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