Leaving hospital for school nursing?

Hi all,

I'm debating if I want to leave my position in a peds cardiac ICU to go to school nursing. The PCICU has been very stressful on me and I'm not enjoying the work, nor the patient population. I miss working with kids who I can talk to and that aren't intubated! My worry though is that if I leave the hospital with only 9 months of experience, will I ever be able to get back into hospital nursing if I wanted to at a later time?

The attraction of school nursing is the schedule (no weekends, holidays) and mainly the lower stress. Any input is appreciated!! Thanks!
Have you shadowed school nurses? Make sure you know what it's like in your area before you start applying. Plus only 9 mos RN experience isn't much to be a school nurse. Check your state guidelines for ratios, certification requirements, etc. There's also a forum for school nursing. Its a lot of social work and there's the academic political side of things too. I would try another hospital position. Maybe general peds or pediatric ER.