Just Lost! Advice please!

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I have posted on various occasions on this forum and have had some fantastic advice but would be very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction AGAIN 😊!.

I am a new graduate RN and recently started dialysis at a clinic and HATED it. I left after three days as I knew that they would waste time and money and it just was not for me!

I have an interview next week for a community hospital with a predominantly older people population. However the dodgy staffing agency that contacted me in the past have made contact with me again and tried to persuade me to work on med surg unit this weekend. They are offering triple the money of the hospitals and all other practice areas! Triple! I am so scared to go with the agency as I have no experience and actually turned down an offer already with that hospital due to non existent staff patient ratio! .

My dilemma is that my husband started screaming at me saying I'm lazy as I'm too scared to do agency but he said that I have to start somewhere and why start on a similar unit earning buttons when I will be paid so much more with agency.

The staffer said he has 6 new graduates working perfectly in that hospital and if they can do it, then why can't I?. I feel out of my depth and it would not be safe. He said I will work side by side with veteran nurses and just to try it!. I feel so bullied by him and hubby. I have 4 children and a mortgage to pay and my husband is so sick of all my toing and froing.

However, I feel that the community hospital if I get it is far safer even if I do start on a very low salary. I will get experience. Thanks so much if you've read my story. Please please advise me and thanks in advance!

Just a quick UPDATE - As all you lovely people who replied to my thread and gave me some fantastic insight and advice. So I had my interview for med/surg in the community hospital yesterday for our national health service here.

They called this morning and said that they were very impressed with me and offered me the JOB!!!. There were three interviewers on the panel and I felt unsure leaving the interview as to how it went. However, this is my new start after such a rocky post graduation road!!. My fifth job offer and finally I have the confidence to say yes!!. My family needs me to have this job too.

I also visited my Doctor who said that I have severe social phobia/anxiety disorder and has commenced me on 20mg Prozac OD. She also referred me for eight sessions of CBT/Counselling. Hubby has refused marriage counselling so we are just trying to work on the marriage again and we went for a family walk this afternoon. However, we have a long long way to go. I need to start my job first and focus on that and I will see how it goes!!

Anyway, like I said, thank you again for all your support, feedback and advice. I will try my best with the aid of my counselling, ssri's and determination to at least start my career on a positive footing.

Specializes in ICU, Med-Surg, Float.

Delighted for you! Best of luck with the new position and the meds/cbt, you know where we are if you need to vent...

Delighted for you! Best of luck with the new position and the meds/cbt, you know where we are if you need to vent...

Thanks nurserebs!. You've been such an amazing support to me!!. Here's to a new start in my life xx

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