alyceunison

Thank you for taking the time to share some great tips!

I have been a Psych RN since graduating with my BSN 7 years ago. I never intended to pursue psych nursing but those were the only jobs available in 2011, and I had loans to pay back. I started with a great hospital system and figured after a year I could cross train or transfer to a different unit. I have learned that managers don't usually hire psych RNs because they want RNs with experience in that specialty. I have done well in psych and am board certified. I have worked on extremely acute psych floors and psych EDs. I have also workws as a clinical instructor. While psychiatric nursing has given me lots of skills working with patients in distress, I long to gain medical skills and work with patients in a more medical setting. I am willing to pay for training or shadow someone for free. I think Med/surgery would be best, and hope to work in emergency medicine eventually. Any ideas would be welcome, especially if you have switched into a new specialty in which you needed more training. TIA. I am in Nor CA btw.