Telemetry to mother baby unit

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I have 5 years tele experience. I want to work in mother baby unit and my hospital

Is currently hiring. What do u think my chances are of being considered with no experience.

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Specializes in Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery.

Just do it and find out!!!!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Just go for it you will never know unless you put yourself out there!

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Specializes in Pulmonary.

A few months ago, I was asking the same question to myself. I came from a Pulmonary/critical care background, 5 years. After moving to a new state, I hired on at a hospital that was gracious enough to train me and I'm loving it. I can tell you that it will be a totally different world than what you are used to but change is good!

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Sounds like experience to me!

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I have almost 20 years experience in tele, er and med/surg and where I live, not one hospital will train me at all!! How sad! Someone willing to leave a department to train...an RN is a terrible thing to waste....

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Specializes in ICU, OR.
I have almost 20 years experience in tele, er and med/surg and where I live, not one hospital will train me at all!! How sad! Someone willing to leave a department to train...an RN is a terrible thing to waste....

Same here... I've been trying to work in mother/baby, l and d, nicu and no one will take my adult critical care experience. I believe they all just want new grads going into the specialty now. :(

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I got hired into mother baby after working in cardiac ICU. I love it!!! It does not hurt to try. The worse they can say is no.

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Specializes in Telemetry, OB, NICU.

I do mother/baby after telemetry too. Just tell them you are very interested in learning and doing this.

That enthusiasm amazed my manager and she hired me.

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Thanks everyone. I am very unhappy in telemetry now. I've been calling in and requesting off too many times recently. I know it's bad but it's too stressful for me. I also just had a baby so my priorities have shifted and I'm desperate for change. Thankfully my supervisor put in a good word for me so the manager in mother baby is considering me...she doesn't know what her budget is tho to train me that's the only thing. She told me I needed my NRP and I got that right away. Still waiting she said she has been busy but has not forgotten bout me. There is another hospital that just opened up a training program for l n d n I hope they will give me a chance. I agree tho, a lot of times these days they would rather train a new grad...meaning if stuck where u are! Ugh!

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