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Still new to Allnurses and I hope I am posting this in the right place. I've been told by a few colleagues that once you start working in a mental health setting that it is difficult to find a job afterwards in another setting, such as med/surg. Is t...

So the census is that the difficulty from transitioning from mental health back to, lets say, med/surg is due to unused skill sets?

Very sound advice Meriwhen! Thanks!

The reason I ask is because I've been called for an interview at such a facility. Dont get me wrong, I would enjoy working in that kind of environment but its not where I see myself 2-3 years down the road.

Thanks for the input NurseCard. So as long as its not too long of a time period its okay? I just wanna shed some light on the subject of if one does mental health nursing that there is very little chance of getting into another field.