badfish2162

Wanted to solicit some advice from any of the PMHNPs on this forum. For some background context I am working as an RN in Arizona. I have been working as a psych nurse since I got my license a little over 6 years ago. Prior to that I was a BHT in level 2 group homes for around 7 years, so a little over 13 years total in the mental health field. Long story short I am feeling burnt out working bedside in mental health. My ultimate goal is to return to school to become a PMHNP, then work telemed from home from that point onward. I am considering stepping away from psych and securing a work from home RN position (non psych related) while I go back to school for my masters. So my question to other psych NPs is this: in terms of finding remote work (work from home specifically) as a new grad PMHNP, would I be shooting myself in the foot to step away from psych right now? Will my 13 years of experience be significantly diminished as a selling point for any potential new job acquisition if there's a multi year gap with non psych nursing being my most current experience? And more generally, how much opportunity is there currently for work from home positions for new grads? Would love to hear your opinions or even similar experiences if you happen to have any you'd be willing to share. Thanks!

Hey there, Long time lurker on this site but first time posting. I just passed the NCLEX 3 days ago and I'm already finding myself in a bit of a quandary and was hoping to get some advice. I currently work for a mental health institute that immediately offered me a psych nurse position after I passed my boards. My ultimate goal however, is and has been to work ICU (fortunately in my area at least, it appears that new grads were having little trouble being accepted into ICU positions). At any rate I accepted the offer from my company to transfer positions to become a psych nurse. In addition to fairly nice benefits transferring over (including a hefty pool of PTO that would be converted to the higher pay rate) I figured I would do it for 6 months and it would strengthen and diversify my resume. Now I'm wondering if that might have been a giant mistake after reading about others' experience transferring from psych to almost anything, let alone ICU: https://allnurses.com/transitioning-psych-icu-med-surg-t664795/ https://allnurses.com/psych-nursing-icu-t275261/ My take-away from what I've read is that not only will accepting the psych nurse position not bolster my resume, it will actually make me less desirable (as an ICU applicant) than a new grad.. I definitely don't want to set myself back years as one of the above posters was and I definitely, definitely don't want to become less desirable than I might already be as a new grad. Does anyone have any experience making this transition or know of anyone who has? Should I bite the bullet of being a giant flake by dipping out on my already accepted psych nurse position and immediately start applying for ICU positions? Thanks a bunch for any input/advice you can give.