I Feel Horrible! Confused! Dont know what to do!

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Well let me start by giving some background on my nursing life I received my RN in May 2012 got my first job at a nursing home. I was a stay at home mom 2 years before getting a job so I took a prn since its still hard on me leaving. My dream job is OB lol go figure my own labor experience actually made me want to do OB. :) I'm persistent, exactly a year later I was finally offered one I kept in touch with the hiring manager built rapport with her absolutely love her and would love to work with her.. at this hospital I was first offered E.R. then a week later offered OB so I accepted OB.. 5 days before orientation i was called from HR, the CNO role took back my offer due to low census and all they would offer me to do is med surg..then transfer when Ob opened up. I am not to fond of medsurg..so now back to square one applying for jobs. I applied for E.R. offered a position took it. been on orientation for 2 weeks now. I like it its pretty cool. I love the company too. and this company has a hospital in my town so I could possibly transfer. (but who knows how long that will be) so the other day the OB manager from a different company called me and told me there are two full time positions if I want one its a for sure deal this time she said please hop on my train let me make it up to you for the crap that happened last time. lol so im really confused. I want to do ob so bad dream job. but I honestly feel like a douche im still in orientation at er. but I hate to pass up my dream job opportunity who knows how long it would take to transfer to ob or have another opportunity.. story of my life right now. complicated. this is killing me. any advice or opinions would be so appreciated. thank you!

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Specializes in L and D.

Take the ob job if that's what you want. You may not get the opportunity again. While it's frustrating that you took a job and now are going to leave, in the end it's about what makes you happy, not what makes others happy. You are the one that has to go to the job everyday and you are the one that has to live with it.

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Specializes in Maternal-Fetal.

I agree. Orientation is a probationary time for both the employer AND employee, and it's not unusual to determine things aren't a good fit. Take up this opportunity. It took me almost 2 years to get into Mother-Infant and 3 years to get into my dream unit, L&D.

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Specializes in OB/GYN.

However.....bare in mind that this might be a foreshadowing of how that institution and floor is run. Not saying you shouldn't take the job, but just be prepared that you might hit administrative bumps along the way.

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I left my ER job during orientation to pursue my dream job in OB. Best decision I've ever made. I hated my job in the ER. So it was totally worth it.

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