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Well, I shadowed and it was a slow day. The staff did seem to work well together. I like the manager. The schedule is the only drawback that I can think of and I know what will have to personally.......

I am in almost the same exact position. I am debating on whether to leave weekend nights in ICU to go to M-F 0830-1700 in radiology. I am terrible at making personal decsions. You could try making a pros and cons list about the change and see what that shows......I am able to make a pro for every con and a con for every pro. Maybe you'll have more luck???

The department is pretty large. I would be doing MOSTLY angio, but occasionally do MRI, CT, PICC insertion (after training), etc... The nurses do seem to enjoy it there and get along well with the radiologist. I go to shadow Monday and will be able to get a better feel on that. There is call. One of out approx. every 10 days, and every 10th weekend. I don't have any responsibilites that would interfere with that as of right now. I work weekend nights in CTICU so I am used to working autonomously. My biggest challenge is the complete schedule change. weekend nights to weekdays. I want to make sure it is a positive change before turning my life upside down.....it would mean a lot less time with the hubby But I am so tired of bedisde nursing.

Hello, I am looking for advice about changing from critical care nursing to angiography/radiology nursing. I currently work in the cardio-thoracic ICU. I've done bedisde nursing for 7 years now, critical care for 5 years. I think the change would be less stressful. Is there any of you that have made a similar change and was it the right decsion or not? The money would be about the same, but my shedule would change dramatically!! I've done 12hr pm shifts for 7 years.....the angio spot is Mon-Fri 0830-1700. Any advice is appreciated, thanks!