Don't know if I should take this job....

Merlyn · Apr 20, 2012

It sounds like you can do for a while until something better come along. If you want the job your family will have to put on hold for a while. All nurse have to do it once in awhile. Just tell your self, " It's only for the time being. You whole life is not going to be forever. My advise take the job,.

missie1 · Apr 20, 2012

Thank you...thats kind of what I have been thinking. Maybe atleast through the summer and it'll give me the experience I need too.

Skayda · Apr 20, 2012

Hi, I am an experienced nursing aide who's been out of the workforce for awhile and just gotten back into it and I took a job at an AFH working weekends so I am kind of in the same boat as you. Except that I don't want full-time and have no kids; just a LT boyfriend and lots of nieces and nephews. One good thing about only working weekends is that you don't get burned out as fast and you have a whole week, (well four/five days) to spend with friends and family and rest up before going back to work on Saturday. (I have to do sleepovers so I'm actually at work from Friday 8pm til Monday 8am). Just enjoy the PT weekend shift and being about to spend time at home, etc on the week days until you get to FT and remember fondly those weeks off! I know its a fine balance between needing money to take care of family and time to spend nurturing your family. Good luck to you!

~Ami

missie1 · Apr 21, 2012

Thank you Ami. I agree. I was thinking that starting parttime might be best to start for that reason too. Guess the Sunday dinners with the inlaws will have to be on hold until I get full time and start every other weekend....hopefully sooner rather than later. I appreciate the reply.

sarah.e.foley · Apr 23, 2012

I agree with the others, that though this will take some sacrifice, in the long run this will help you in the job market. For most places you need some experience if you want to get hired into a full-time position right off the bat- it's an unwritten qualification that I've discovered through chatting with my coworkers. When I applied for the job that I have now (which is my first CNA job) I pretty much just applied on a whim- it's a hospital with a high reputation, and I honestly didn't think I had a snowball's chance in hell at getting the job- I'd applied to every other place around and gotten nary a call back.... but with this place, I turned my frustration into a positive. I wrote a very convincing cover letter explaining why I deserved a chance at the job, and I was hired on the spot during my interview. I accepted a part time position (24 hours a week), and after 3 months, I was promoted to full time. I think back on it now and thank GOD that I didn't get those jobs that I applied for now at the other places, because I love where I work

Best of luck girl!

mindyfromcali · Apr 23, 2012

When I first got my CNA, it was hard to get places to even interview me. My first couple of jobs were definitely learning experiences. Any type of experience is good, unless you feel like you're being asked to do anything beyond your capacity or scope of care. I think it really depends on where you live. I live near a large urban area, so getting into acute care is more challenging. They want at least a year of CNA experience, sometimes acute experience specifically. That's sort of a catch 22 if you just got your CNA. Just be patient, and research the places you apply for. Hope that helps, good luck.