Need thoughts on which hospital to work in

[nursemommyof3]

I've been offered the same position in two different hospitals, but can't decide on which one to take. Here's the low down:

Hospital 1 (where I currently work as a float pcp/cna)

I will have worked there for a year in May

I have 401K, which you have to be there 5 years to be vested (where they match what you've put in)

Will pay for all my exams, licensure, review course, etc

Has the better insurance

Pays $1.10 less (base pay)

Shift diff is 20%

I'll be part of the new ER when it opens this fall

Get to wear white scrubs

"non-profit" Catholic hospital

Hospital 2

Pays $1.10 more an hour (base pay)

Shift diff is $3.00

I'll make 52 cents/hour more here when shift diff is figured in

insurance doesn't start until 2 months of employment

$1500 sign on bonus

Was just bought out (again), into what is now the largest health care hospital group in the nation (CHS)

Smaller ER

Get to wear blue scrubs

401K, they add 1-5% of your yearly salary to your 401K PLUS what they normally match

They will pay off my student loans (with an employment contract)

Other things:

the kids are on a state program for insurance now, so they won't go w/out insurance

We will switch to my husbands's insurance in the fall, they are better

Both pay for my NCLEX review course, pay me hourly for my time in the course, my license and for the NCLEX itself.

Anyone ideas? Things I'm missing? INPUT PLEASE!!!Hospital 1 (where I currently work as a float pcp/cna)

I will have worked there for a year in May

I have 401K, which you have to be there 5 years to be vested (where they match what you've put in)

Will pay for all my exams, licensure, review course, etc

Has the better insurance

Pays $1.10 less (base pay)

Shift diff is 20%

I'll be part of the new ER when it opens this fall

Get to wear white scrubs

"non-profit" Catholic hospital

Hospital 2

Pays $1.10 more an hour (base pay)

Shift diff is $3.00

I'll make 52 cents/hour more here when shift diff is figured in

insurance doesn't start until 2 months of employment

$1500 sign on bonus

Was just bought out (again), into what is now the largest health care hospital group in the nation (CHS)

Smaller ER

Get to wear blue scrubs

401K, they add 1-5% of your yearly salary to your 401K PLUS what they normally match

They will pay off my student loans (with an employment contract)

Other things:

the kids are on a state program for insurance now, so they won't go w/out insurance

We will switch to my husbands's insurance in the fall, they are better

Both pay for my NCLEX review course, pay me hourly for my time in the course, my license and for the NCLEX itself.

Anyone ideas? Things I'm missing? INPUT PLEASE!!!

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

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