Hello AllNurses, It's been a few months since I have logged on and it's great to be back. I am graduating in three weeks with my BSN and would appreciate an opinion or two on the job offer I am leaning towards. Mental health is my passion. The offer is for a mental health system in my area with about 10 locations with services in mental health treatment and substance abuse. I will be hired on as a float, Monday-Friday, 8-4. The position is salaried at 55,000/year with 7 hours PTO earned every 2 weeks. No call, no weekends. Also mentioned matching 401K and putting money into a 403B. It comes with full health benefits. I'm also starting grad school (PMHNP) in the immediate Fall and the Director assured me that they would work around my evening class schedule if I need to leave early/stay late some days. I've been a Nurse Intern (nonpaid) in mental health for almost 2 years this May. I never imagined my first nursing job being outside of a hospital but everything seems to be lining up. I'm 21 and haven't had much experience with any of this so your feedback would be much appreciated. Stay well everyone. -M 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by catherine19, RN catherine19 has 4 years experience as a RN. 2 Posts; 31 Profile Views Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. You don't need to work in a hospital to be a great nurse. Your focus is mental health, not med/surg. You are specialized. Now, I don't know what your plan is later on, but the current job offer will be perfect while in school. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by FacultyRN, MSN, RN FacultyRN has 13 years experience as a MSN, RN. 115 Posts; 811 Profile Views Take it! Good benefits, great schedule, aligns with your term goal 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by amoLucia amoLucia specializes in LTC. 5,446 Posts; 46,566 Profile Views If psych is your interest, go for it. It sounds like Civil Service, so a good place to start (yeah, salary a bit low, but the benes are well worth it!). Good luck. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by Jedrnurse, BSN, RN Jedrnurse has 25 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in school nurse. 1,571 Posts; 14,436 Profile Views If I were you I'd work a full year before going back for advanced practice studies. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by subee, MSN, CRNA subee has 48 years experience as a MSN, CRNA and specializes in CRNA, Finally retired. 1 Follower; 1,843 Posts; 18,568 Profile Views 1 hour ago, Jedrnurse said: If I were you I'd work a full year before going back for advanced practice studies. There are always a few non-clinical courses that can be accomplished while you are getting experience. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by Jedrnurse, BSN, RN Jedrnurse has 25 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in school nurse. 1,571 Posts; 14,436 Profile Views 36 minutes ago, subee said: There are always a few non-clinical courses that can be accomplished while you are getting experience. 36 minutes ago, subee said: There are always a few non-clinical courses that can be accomplished while you are getting experience. True, and that can help keep up good studying routines. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thursday by itswild itswild has 1 years experience. 8 Posts; 453 Profile Views Thank you so much everyone for the feedback. It's very helpful to read your comments. I have accepted the offer. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
