Transplant coordination/Emergency Nursing

holinurse · May 1, 2015

Hello All!

I am currently one year out since my NYS licensure and I have not yet obtained the employment that I have been looking for. For about 8 months I worked in a group home with the DD population and for another 3 months I worked at an urgent care center. Currently I just joined up with a home care agency to begin doing home assessments and maybe some private duty nursing just to "pay the bills".

The purpose of this post is to obtain feedback regarding my career aspirations and guidance/shared experience from those who have the experience in the fields that I desire to join.

I desire to be in a RN position where I am on my toes and feel like I am performing an critical role in patient care. Consequently, there are two areas in which I think I would thrive and accomplish the aforementioned desires: transplant coordination and emergency care. Transplant coordination, beside for it having personal relevance in my life, as I had a close family member who was a transplant recipient, requires a lot of what I see as my strong points (critical thinking, constant contact/coordination) and has the excitement of being in a pivotal role. Emergency nursing, while maybe not requiring the broad range of skills that transplant coordination requires, seems appealing because a lot of the care is time relevant (as it requires quick thinking and acting) and you don't need to develop a LT relationship with patients.

While living in NYC has severely limited my employment options (no nursing shortage here that warrants new grads having an easy time time getting hired), I am willing to relocate to get the job I want, or at the very least, get on the career path towards the job I want. So here are some direct points that I am looking to get addressed from all of my RN brothers and sisters:

How can I find personnel in the above fields who would allow me to shadow them so I can see just what it is that gets done?...get a feel for these positions?
How can I find out in which states or locations would I have increased odds in obtaining the job I want? Is there one place to get this info? I figured I could try to reach out to recruiters who do recruitment nationally (is there such a thing?)

I look forward to hearing your responses and I am grateful that you have taken the time to read this!

Gershon