Education options, and other choices

[exit96]

I am a new RN. Hired in at hospital 2 blocks from my house. Small hospital, we have 1 inpatient floor with 22 beds, med/surg, this is where I work. I am glad to have landed this job right out of school. However i knew going in that ICU or E.D. is where I think I really want to be. I have a "rough" 3-5 year plan to move out of the area when my youngest graduates in 2 years. I can get my BSN (tuition and books) fully paid for through this hospital, but then I have to commit to 2 more years after I get my BSN. I really don't want to "hitch my wagon" to this place for that length of time. I do qualify for PELL money and can always take more student loans in order to pay for it myself and have no commitments. I am definitely going to get my BSN ASAP, but would it be wise to take an EMT class which may in turn get me hired in at an E.D. sooner? and then start my BSN through which ever facility that ends up being? The place I am at is a very nice place, but I also am getting a little tired of the "everybody knows your business" that comes with a smaller work place. I also live in this community and am just not liking that I "know everybody" that comes in to the hospital. I think I would like to work somewhere that i am not so well known in the community...so there are a few thoughts that keep racing around in the "attic." Thoughts?___________

[jkr2020788]

Well to me, it would really depend on how much you owed. If you did the math of how much "extra" you are getting by them paying for your stuff and it was a substanial amount, I would think about sticking it out. If it wasnt a good amount of money, I would think about looking for a bigger hospital. What determines how well you do at a hospital, in my opinion, is how much you like working there. If you dont like your work environment, sooner or later your quality of work will suffer.