JM_RN
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i have been working in the psych unit for the last 2.5 year, the last 6 months as an RN. I feel like I am ready to move on to something else. The 2 areas that interest me are critical care and the ER. Anyone want to give pros/cons of the ER/critical care and some basic info such as nurse/patient ratio etc... Thanks in advance.
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Background is this: I worked 1 yr as a cna in rehab in an LTC setting and 2 yrs as a cna in psych. I graduated in May of this year and took a RN pos at night in rehab b/c I could work on my temp license until I passed boards. Boards are done and I've been offered a pos FT in psych in the hospital. Question is: will I be a more attractive candidate long term if I have the rehab experience or the psych experience. FYI: as far as work schedules go rehab is better 7-10's at night and then off 7 vs. 3-12's every week.
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Thanks for all your input. Staying in psych or moving on after graduation is a discussion I have weekly. Retired APRN, can you expound on this below, you have piqued my interest.
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Background: I am in nursing school and graduate in May '14. I decided I needed to get a job in the hospital as a tech so after graduation it would be pretty easy to get a full time position as an RN. The catch: the only place hiring at the time in the hospital was psych. I reluctantly took the position with the idea that after 6 montsh I could transfer to another part of the hospital. Problem is, if you want to call it that, 14 monthe later - I love psych. Issue: The patients just break my heart over and over. Admittedly I have a huge soft spot these pts, when it appears others dont. It seems that mental health is just a revolving door, especially in Alabama, and would I really be making more of a difference in another part of the hospital? Questions: 1) It seems that psych nurses are looked down on much like our pts 2) I would love to travel nurse later on but is their a need for psych travel nursing? 3) If I stay in psych, i feel as though I can make a bigger diff in pts lives as a PMHNP, thoughts. Thats a mouthful - fire away. Thanks in advance.