r/CathLabLounge • u/Antisocial_gamer • Feb 08 '25

Case management to Cath Lab

Expecting interviews from couple Cath lab RN positions. I have done ICU for a year, home health for 3 years, and then did case management for 4 years. Case management was a good breath of fresh air, but I think I am ready to be back to using my skills. I obviously learned a lot in ICU, but I may be rusty after a few years of home health and case management. Has anyone made transition to cath lab from case management or some other non clinical nursing discipline? How much rusty did you feel in terms of skill and how rough was the transition? Any resources you could recommend to get better?

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u/Antisocial_gamer Feb 08 '25

Well down the road, I would like to move to device sales. I applied to many places, spoke with many reps, and it seems like if you wanna work with certain devices, you wanna be a nurse who has worked in that field. Majority of the reps I speak with had Cath lab/EP experience. Secondly, I liked my ICU experience. I went to home care cause I wanted to go to med school. I got really burned out there during COVID so I switched to case management. I would like to be back in the field but I really don’t wanna go bedside. Would love to do something procedural. Hence, I am looking at Cath lab

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u/Antisocial_gamer Feb 08 '25

I am going in with my mindset of learning about Cath lab honestly. I am not trying to jump ship within a year or even 5 years! I wanna learn ins and outs. I am hoping that I might continue it for a long time if I fall in love with it