FNP- private practice vs corporation

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  1. Which office would you choose?

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      Rural, for-profit corporation office, more money, no lab/xray
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      Private practice, less pay, onsite lab/xray/US/pulmonology

I am looking for advice/opinions of people who may have worked as an NP in a private practice vs within a bigger corporation for primary care

I am done with school in August and will be sitting for boards in Sept. I have 2 potential jobs lined up-

One is with my current for-profit hospital network. It is within the same network, but is in a small rural town. I would be able to keep my years of service and would not have to do all the "new hire" stuff. The recruiter told me that realistically, I would have to stay working as a staff RN in the hospital until Dec or Jan because that is how long it takes to get fully credentialed. Mind you, I have been with this company since 2009, and worked my way up from a CNA to RN and now FNP. We were previously non profit, but were bought out by a crappy company last year. It has been a rocky year and many of the good people have left. There is no lab or xray here.

Second option is a privately owned office that is owned by a physician that I work with at the hospital. It is a nice office, they are continually growing and seem very welcoming. The doc that owns it is notorious for giving nurses (myself included) a very hard time sometimes and is not generally the nicest person. However, I would not have to work directly with him, as he is a specialist and I would be collaborating with his Internal Med partners- both of them are great. They said they would hire me any time and let me shadow the MD until I get credentialed. I would probably make less money here and they would not do any tuition reimbursement, unlike the office mentioned above. This office has lab, US, PFTs, xray, etc.

I have shadowed at both offices. They are both nice. I cannot for the life of me decide which one I should go for. I have interviews for both this month. I kind of want a breath of fresh air and leave the crappy company I am with now, but I am also nervous for change. My husband wants me to stay with my current company, but I am sort of not sure that is what I want to do.

Advice? Things I should ask in my interviews? Things I should look out for??

Thank you in advance! This is stressful!

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