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That's good advice. Thanks for the insight! I think I would agree with you both.

Hey guys! My husband and I are planning on doing travel nursing next year before we finally "settle down" and start having kids. BY the time we travel, I will have about 14 months experience in a neuro ICU at a level 1 trauma center. I also have about 3 years experience on a step down unit in the same facility. My plan is just to work ICU during my travel assignments. But here's my question: How hard would it be to get a travel RN position in PACU? I realize I wouldn't be as desirable as someone with PACU experience, but I feel like my other experience would make up for it? I'm asking because I'm planning on working PACU anyway when I come back after a year, but I wanted to get some insight from you all to see if it would be a possibility before then. Thank you all for you time!!

I felt obligated to leave a comment here because I literally did the exact same thing you are doing. I've been a nurse for about 5 years, and about 6 months ago, I transitioned from doing hospice nursing for 1.5 years, to now working in a level 1 trauma center in the Neuro ICU. I love it! I will tell you that having experience on a PCU in the same hospital has helped me tremendously, but even your experience doing hospice nursing will make you a huge asset on the unit. You are able to be an advocate in the ICU that patients and families so desperately need, not just at the end of life, but also through everything they're going though. You've developed skills that makes you emotionally, spiritually, and mentally equipped to be help patients in horrible circumstances. You will do great! I left hospice because I wanted to challenge myself more, and continue learning at the bedside. I didn't realize how much my hospice experience would come in handy on the unit, but it has, and I am SO grateful to have that background. Good luck!! You're in a for an exciting, stressful, but amazingly fulfilling job!!