A friend who wishes to remain anonymous asked me to post this as a favor:
"I currently work as the primary charge nurse on a unit I love. Love my coworkers, love my job, for the most part. I'm just finishing up my MSN in leadership, and would like to go as far up in nursing leadership/administration as I am able to. My manager knows this, and has been grooming me for her job. She has me doing things that most charge nurses are not responsible for, such as helping out with performance reviews and disciplinary stuff, as well as budgetary stuff. I think she plans to retire in a year or two, but no earlier than a year from now. I have been told that I am a rising star†at my facility, I have the attention of pretty influential people in administration for the work I have done and the committees I have been on. There is tremendous room for growth within this organization, but possibly not for another year or two. And right now, even with the additional duties I've been given, I'm incredibly bored in my current role, and am antsy for some new challenges. I am an impatient person.
I potentially have a job opportunity at a different facility. The job is for the equivalent position as my current manager, but with a lot more FTEs and quite a few human resources challenges (which I consider a plus to the job – I love that sort of challenge and my current job, everyone gets along too darn well). Basically, they need a really good manager who can bring everyone together as a cohesive team, which is what I've been trained to do and want to do. And it's a fairly prestigious†unit and would look fabulous on a resume.
The facility is part of a very large national for-profit hospital network. It gets mixed reviews with regards to how it is as an employer. However, they own several hospitals in my community, so my opportunities for advancement are pretty good. My current employer, I think is a quality place, I've met the CEO personally a few times because he makes it a point of being accessible to frontline staff. It's non-profit, with a huge emphasis on taking care of disenfranchised people.
Do I take the sure thing†really good promotion opportunity with a for-profit with which I'm unfamiliar, or do I put my wager on the potential for advancement with the current facility that I know is a good place to work?"
