In a job quandry, all advice welcome

[Alisonisayoshi, LVN]

I am a newly licsensed LVN/PN. I received mutiple job offers leading up to my NCLEX, pass, and once I was licsensed I took the job that, in the moment, seemed best. Best pay, most willing to work with my school schedule, best benefits, ect. I started both the job, and my last prerequisite semester in order to begin my RN bridge next semester. I was very excited.

Not anymore. I love the job, it provides great orientation (rare, I've heard, in LTC), BUT, my upcoming months schedule requires me to miss a lot of the lab portion of my class. I can't do that. I'm stuck between a rock and hard place. I can either job hunt, only a few months into licensure, or I can put off my bridge.

I know very little about the healthcare industry in terms of employment, specifically how it compares to other industries, aside from what I saw in school. In my previous field, job hopping was common, but frowned upon. I was raised to keep my commitments to a job, regardless of personal cost. I have an old school, worked from the time he was 14 kind of dad. It's in my work nature to be loyal to an employer. I don't know how it would actually look to be job hunting this quickly after taking a job. I'm not sure of what my next step should be. So I'm reaching out to more seasoned nurses, and asking "what would you do?"

Give me your good, bad, and ugly straight up answers. TIA

[LuvScience]

If it's a really great job then I would still try to make it work by talking to the scheduler and switching shifts with other nurses. One of the things I have always enjoyed about the LTC setting is flexible scheduling. I can usually get coworkers to switch shifts with me, especially if I offer to take a less desirable shift such as weekends/holidays/nights. Good luck!

[Alisonisayoshi, LVN]

Thank you it is a great job, and I'm going to miss my lab today, and speak to the scheduler when I get to work.

[turtlesRcool]

How are your relationships with colleagues? Sometimes you can work out a switch on your own. That way you bring a solution to management/scheduler rather than just a problem.