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I'm a new graduate rn. My first job was on a OB floor working nights with base pay of 21.83 and night pay 25.55. I was let go 1 week before orientation was up last week. I just had 3 interviews and need help deciding.

Full time 12 hr shifts on Med Surg floor on a busy unit at a hospital working nights with potential days in the future making about $18.00 base pay and $22.00 nights with benefits

Nursing home PRN 12 hr shifts with rotating days and nights with potential of full time -23.00 days and 26.00 nights. No benefits unless f/t

Home health M-F 8-4 rotating every 5th weekend and call once every 5-6 weeks for 7 days making 20.00 and since its bases on a point system anything over 31 points is $25.75 hour. It's about 35 miles from my house but highly likely to have a rn position available near my house soon. I'd be next on list. This job also has benefits

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By the way my OB mAnager said she was letting me go and would give me 2 wks pay to look for a new position. She said I needed more skills and that I basically wasn't a good fit for their high paced unit. I hated it anyway but sucked it up b/c I needed an income.

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Specializes in ICU.

Of those choices, I would personally opt for M/S nights. Nursing homes have huge amounts of patients and I hated my home health rotation in nursing school for multiple reasons - extreme wear and tear on the car and taking your work home with you being the big ones. If you don't mind taking your work home, home health is not a bad option.

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I'm a new graduate rn. My first job was on a OB floor working nights with base pay of 21.83 and night pay 25.55. I was let go 1 week before orientation was up last week. I just had 3 interviews and need help deciding. Full time 12 hr shifts on Med Surg floor on a busy unit at a hospital working nights with potential days in the future making about $18.00 base pay and $22.00 nights with benefits Nursing home PRN 12 hr shifts with rotating days and nights with potential of full time -23.00 days and 26.00 nights. No benefits unless f/t Home health M-F 8-4 rotating every 5th weekend and call once every 5-6 weeks for 7 days making 20.00 and since its bases on a point system anything over 31 points is $25.75 hour. It's about 35 miles from my house but highly likely to have a rn position available near my house soon. I'd be next on list. This job also has benefits

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

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