Scheduling dilemma...which job?

[hakunamatata, BSN, RN]

Need help folks: have two job offers, and while it sounds crazy, I am likely going to pick based on schedule. Both jobs seem great and do-able to me.

Job A: 3 12-hr's, self-scheduling.

Job B: 4 10-hr's, M-F, a random weekday off each week. No weekends or holidays.

I get that a lot of people would say Job B immediately. But there are no long stretches of days off for travelling, and that's my passion. I'm young, single, and love to get out of town for long weekends, or even stretches of time. It seems like that is impossible with Job B without eventually running out of vacation days. Job A would allow me to take 4-5 days off at a time, a decent amount! The other plus with Job A is I could get a PRN job as well and still not feel like I'm working all the time (I've done this before and loved it).

Lastly, Job B seems a lot less stressful than Job A. Job A is returning to floor nursing, but a surgical oncology floor. I'd learn a lot if I want to become an NP one day. Job B is the OR...which has always sounded awesome to me. I think I'd be great with the patients, and the team. Hopefully I'd deal with the docs fine.

HELP! I can't DECIDE!!!

[Nurse2bOK]

I can't speak from experience, but some of the "seasoned" nurses I befriend have said that the hated the "self scheduling" system because quite often they got scheduled on days they didn't request anyways.....kind of a complete contradiction if you ask me. But to me it sounds as if your already leaning towards Job A.....it sounds as if it may fit your life style more appropriately. Good luck with your decision!!