Given 2 opportunities, not sure which to take

[GGT1]

I've been offered two positions and am not sure which to take. Oncology and Emergency Nursing. The advise that I have been given is "go with your heart." But seriously I'm really not sure what to do... I am hoping to get different advise from seasoned nurses that have done one or both.

Thanks in advance!

[ItsTheDude]

is the pay and shifts the same or does that not matter to you? the department doesn't matter as much to me as pay and shifts do.

[SandraCVRN]

All other things being equal I would go with Oncology but that is because I am not an ED kind a gal

[PureLifeRN]

I would do ED because you could always transfer to Oncology, but it would be harder to transfer from Onc to ED.

[goodstudentnowRN]

I would do ED...You will be more flexible in the specialty areas when you do ED...think about it.

[pippi40]

In my experience the people that are happy in oncology have entirely different personalities from those I have worked with in the Er. I was going to try to describe the differences but it started sounding too cliche. I left floor nursing for the Er because I started to feel helpless taking care of chronically I'll patients. You see the same patients in the Er, bur generally they aren't there for 12 hrs or the three days you work Ina row. If you want a job where you will tend to see the same patients on a regular basis oncology would be the way I would go. The Er as I'm sure you've heard is a mixed bag of tricks. I agree would be easier to get a broad base of knowledge in the Er thenyou would have more options later to shift positions. Just my opnion.

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

Why not shadow both jobs for a day? That might give you a better idea of what you could see yourself doing