Well, I'm currently working 3-12s on a med/surg floor. I don't like it, the hours interfere with my family, and it's becoming VERY difficult with daycare.. especially when my husband TDYs (he's military). I have an 8month old and an almost 7 yr old.
I just picked up a PRN job at an endoscopy center (btw, I'm a newer nurse.. graduated 8/10), and it pays a $22/hr (hospital is $18.90) And the hours are really great.. they only need me 1 day a week which is perfect. I think this is something good to have on my resume, with the procedures done there and the conscious sedation, and I will need to get my ACLS.
Anyway, b/c the hospital job is stressful on my family (and daycare).. I thought about returning to my family practice job. I talked to my old boss, and she can give me Mon-Fri hours of 815am-515pm (one half day off a week) and $20/hr. That's $3/hr more than what I was making before I quit.
-The hospital job is 13 miles away, the office job is 2.2 miles away.
-Staying at the hospital allows more time off and I'll be able to work once a week at the endoscopy center to make more money and have it on my resume.
-Office job allows me to have weekends off for the most part (we rotate saturdays, maybe every 6 weeks it's only 9am-12pm and we'll get an additional half day off during the week).
-Office job allows major holidays off and allows me to pick up the kids myself whenever my husband is away.
-The hospital job probably looks better on my resume though.
I was trying to think of pros and cons I guess.
What would you do in my situation? I'm the worst at making decisions. I'm going to talk to my husband about this tonight. Thanks for reading!!!!
I don't know your financial situation, but I can almost guarantee that the endo job would probably increase in hours quickly. One day a week will very likely turn into 2 or 3 (personal experience). You could try doing just the endo and see if it blossoms into more hours but that's a risk. If you have any financial wiggle room you might try that.
If I could afford to do that i definitely would!! I was going to do that before, but they couldn't guarantee enough hours so I stayed with FP and later found the hospital job. My friend worked at the endo clinic and she was supposed to go full-time, but they cut her hours alot. If I could just work there, that'd be awesome. Hours are great and I like the job, pay is good too.
Butterfliesnroses
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I would do the clinic and work PRN at the hospital.