Can anyone offer me some guidance? :)

[meowaspiringRN]

Hi All! Happy Summer! I am finally done with this year of school (Year 1 of my 2 year nursing program - Dean's list! Woo!!) I decided that I need to get a job that will be helpful for future jobs after graduation. I have been offered 2 positions. One position as a Home Healthcare Aid for a giant healthcare practice here in Buffalo, NY - the healthcare practice runs 3 of the major hospitals, I got the job through them. I'm sure most of you know what a home health care aid does. The other job I have been offered is a dialysis technician position through Davita Dialysis. They tain me for 12 weeks and while I'm back in school I work per diem. (It's a student RN to RN bridge program). The only thing is, I believe that you must work for them for 1 year as an RN once you graduate. This sounds great and all and a guaranteed job, but as soon as I finish my RN, I am applying for the RN-BSN-MNP program which requires 1 year on a med-surg floor to be considered for the MNP portion. The home health care aid position is through a major healthcare company that runs 3 of the major hospitals here which means if I took the position with them I have the opportunity to apply internally within the company in hopes to get into one of the 3 major hospitals on a med-surg floor. With the dialysis technician I am guaranteed a job, but I would have to work there for 1 year at least which is not helping me towards my goal of a med-surg floor. So there are pros and cons to each, but I am very conflicted and I am not sure which to take so I thought some outside opinions may be the way to go! :) Also between the two, dialysis technician and home healthcare aid which do you think is a better choice for a resume? I know they both involve patient care, but I'm also conflicted as to which one is considered as on my resume. Thank you all for your help! :)

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

See if your MNP program would count a year as an RN in a dialysis unit as a year in practice. Especially if the dialysis company staffs hospital patients from time to time, they might buy it. And you might decide that renal nursing as a specialty would be a great career.

I'd take the HD tech job, in case you can't tell. You will be in a position to see and learn a great deal more than as a HHA.