Two job offers

[RNles]

Hi all,

I have two job offers, one in a hospital and the other one is working for a home health agency as a RN clinical liaison. I have accepted the hospital offer since ideally as a new grad I want to work in a hospital setting and get the experience I need as it will better suit my future needs, however the hospital is unsure of a start date and they just said they are waiting for my references which they mailed to come back in. I told the HH that I will get back to him with a response, I know it seems self fish but I want to accept the offer just as a backup incase something goes wrong with the hospital position. I already discussed salary with the hospital, but the HH told me that salary will be discussed once I accept the offer. If the hospital job gets back to me with a solid start date, how should I declined the other HH position? The HH did give me a start date if I accept the position though - I would still like to see if I can work for the HH part time as a field nurse because they had open positions for that as well - would it look bad if I accepted the offer, then turned it down and said I'm interested working part time if they are still willing to consider me?

Sorry for the long post just wanted to explain the whole story

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Tell HH you cannot possibly accept a job without knowing the salary and then once they disclose it ask for 5 days to think about it. If they will not disclose - run!

[atchemp]

If you are a new grad, try to get hospital experience. That will help you move laterally in the field later in life. People want to see the clinical experience. AS a new grad - focus on one job. I would not try to juggle two jobs. Once your comfortable with your job, then venture out. I wouldn't stress myself out. Good Luck!

[RNles]

Yes I agree thanks for your advice!

[RNles]

True! I think your right as I do not know much stress I could experience at a hospital lol, but I don't want to leave a negative impression if I want to work there in the future

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

I wouldn't even consider the HH job. I would definitely go for the hospital job even if there isn't a start date yet.

[Farawyn]

You have to be pretty independent as a nurse to work in HH. You are it. Your assessment skills must be strong. You often have to make decisions on the spot and stand by them.

How do you get all this experience? The hospital job, of course!

Good luck, and congrats!