LPN Conflicted About Jobs

Feb 15

Hi Nurse Beth,

I have a question. I am a Nurse Case Manager but an LPN, so I am not really hands on. It is very flexible as I work from home the hours I want and I can have a second job. With this second job, I bring more income in. I have two little ones, an almost 6 months old and a 3 year old, but with that said, I want to find a better opportunity, where I can learn something different like in oncology, which I want to specialize in when I am an RN, and I found a job and received an offer letter for a LPN Patient Navigator in an oncology practice. With this job , I will not be able to have a second job and if I do, it will have to be on weekends. I also have another interview lined up that will help us financially. My current job also gives me the opportunity with my kids, and gives me a lot of flexibility.

Also I want to return to school and become an RN. So I feel stuck, and do not know if I should stay with my current job and just hold off until I am an RN and start my oncology journey then.

What advice can you give me? All these jobs are also behind the desk type of jobs. So I think somehow I will have the flexibility of actually, being able to go back to school regardless. The only thing is not all of these jobs give me the flexibility with my kids.

Thanks!