PCCN or Med-Surg?

[Dani_Mila, BSN, RN]

I want to obtain a certification hopefully by the end of this year. I just left stepdown a month ago due to management and now work at a surgical unit. I worked at a cardiac stepdown for 3 years. Although I miss the higher acuity type of patients, I feel less stressed in my new unit. My unit is surgical focused but we get some medical as well with telemetry, but most patients are Med-Surg level of care. Anyways, I want to obtain my certification. Which one do you guys recommend? I would like to do my PCCN but now that I don't work in a stepdown unit, will that certification be a waste? I honestly don't know what my long-term unit will be, but I'm open to working back on a stepdown but it's a matter of when.