I just passed my boards in October. I accepted a full-time position on a med-surg floor (solid organ transplant) on nights. Thing is, I was a bit leery because she manager had more than one position on nights and she seemed visibly uncomfortable when I asked her what the turnover rate was.
I want to be in ER eventually, but would also like to do some time in the OR as well, since both interest me and I did clinicals in the OR and liked it.
I was all ready to start in January, and then lo and behold, the hospital where I'd prefer to work at calls to give me an interview for a full-time OR position. Key here is that I like the OR, but I don't like circulating. I prefer scrubbing, and they already have CSTs who do that. I might do a good amount of scrubbing on orientation but I feel like the actual position would probably be mostly circulating.
So I'm in a dilemma. Do I take the "iffy" med-surg position I've already accepted (so I can transfer elsewhere if I want with that experience), or take the OR position which I don't know how the scrubbing/circulating is split up (which might not give me the core nursing experience?)
