Choosing between two offers-Atlanta

[jb_mmmm, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone!

I wanted to open this topic because I'm at a really critical part of a decision in my life right now: I've been offered a residency on the neuro ICU floor at Emory which my family is really gunning for me to accept, but I'm currently at Shepherd Center for my practicum and I really love the nurses on the floor where I'm at and I love the patients that I have. They currently don't have a residency program but offer about four months of precepted orientation and more if you need it.

My parents really want me to accept Emory's offer mostly because of their reputation in Georgia, and their tuition reimbursement program, where they can reimburse up to 80% of your tuition. As far as I know, Shepherd also has tuition reimbursement but doesn't specify specifically how much they're willing to reimburse.

On one hand, I do feel like I need a residency and since Emory is a teaching hospital, they'll be able to give me the education I need to become more competent. However, I feel that I enjoy the nursing and patient culture at Shepherd and I enjoy what I've done so far, but maybe it's just because this is the place where I've been able to actually do nursing things throughout the program.

So all in all, I'd just like some opinions on what y'all would do. I'm currently scheduled for an interview with Shepherd the following monday after this week, so I'd just like to have a game plan, thank you.

[ICU-BSN]

Shepherd also has an excellent reputation. I don't live in GA but we frequently send patients to Shepherd from my unit for rehab, a lot of our TBIs and SCIs go there. I always tell the families that they are lucky to get accepted for placement there.

Pick the offer that will make YOU happy. Your family members aren't the ones that will have to go in and work the job everyday.

[jb_mmmm, BSN, RN]

Shepherd also has an excellent reputation. I don't live in GA but we frequently send patients to Shepherd from my unit for rehab, a lot of our TBIs and SCIs go there. I always tell the families that they are lucky to get accepted for placement there.

Pick the offer that will make YOU happy. Your family members aren't the ones that will have to go in and work the job everyday.

Thank you for responding to my plight. This morning my mom literally woke me up and had me call the recruiter at Emory to accept the offer. But really, I had this weird feeling in my stomach even though my family says that this is objectively the best residency in Georgia. I'm still gonna go to my interview with Shepherd, and I'll see from there. What's nice about Emory is that if you find another offer after you accept you just have to make sure that you let HR know before disappearing off the face of the earth, so we'll just have to see what happens if I end up getting an offer from my floor.