Plasma center nurse or telemetry nurse

[tenacious_rn]

Hello,

I have an interview with a plasma center as a medical supervisor and a job offer on a telemetry unit...my question is, is plasma center nursing less stressful? And are there opportunities for advancement? what is the normal salary? I'm still considered a new grad because I only have 3 months of hospital experience (left my previous job because my preceptor SUCKED and the unit just wasn't a good fit for me)..I'm kind of leaning towards the plasma center because I honestly hated the hospital but everyone keeps telling me to get that one year in med/surg...any advice will be greatly appreciated! Thanks

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Hmm - have you looked at the location and clientele for the Plasma Center? Many of them serve as a routine source of income for street people. Consequently they are in an area that would be convenient. If this is a totally different type of business, please accept my apologies.

This job add very little value to your nursing career in terms of clinical competence. It is a one-service (phlebotomy) "clinic". What would your supervisory duties include? Career opportunity would be limited to whatever that organization could provide.

[tenacious_rn]

Thanks for the reply! I don't what kind of clientele the center gets, my interview is next Thursday but from what I know about the area its pretty nice. The recruiter and the job description online says the duties of the rn would be to take the donors hx, do assessments and be there in case of adverse reactions and call pts who have positive results for which they can't donate plasma. The recruiter also asked me a couple of questions about how I deal with tedious tasks and do I have any issues with doing repetitive tasks so its leading me to believe this wouldn't be AT ALL like hospital nursing which is completely fine with me. I just don't want to make a stupid decision, plus I already have sort of a biased opinion about going back to the hospital....I'm so confused.