need advise on career change, HH right for me?

[nmb81]

Hi all!

I can't sleep, i'm really conflicted on what path to take here. Okay to make a long story short....

I've been an RN for 10 months.

I've had experience on a Progressive care unit for 12 months (started as a GN, then became licensed 2 months into it)

Prior to that i was a CNA on a med-surg floor for over a year.

Well, i'm ready to move on. I was considering home health as i've been offered this really awesome position with this really great home health agency with a nice solid orientation program. But i fear that i shouldn't take on that responsibility as i've only had about a year of experience and i don't want to set myself up for failure. BUT what i love about nursing is the pt. interaction and teaching. Also, i love to really concentrate and work the details of one thing at a time which you don't get to do in a hospital and that's why i'm constantly frustrated where i work now.

So i guess my question ultimately is...

1)Do you guys think i should get some more experience under my belt before i venture out into people's homes all alone ( i know a supervisor is always a call away)??

2) Not to say HH nurses don't do alot, so don't get me wrong when i say this....i'm afraid i'll lose some skills, but then again, i'll acquire alot more right. And if i do try HH and decide years later i want to tackle the hospital again...will i still be equiped to do so after working in HH, as far as the ease of transition goes.

I just don't know what to do...the perks of it are that i'll get to provide that one on one care, i'll have DAYSHIFT hours which i would LOVE, i'd work with really great people, and i'd have a change to become WONC which i've always wanted to do as i LOVE wounds. So i think i know i want to do it....but i had ANOTHER home health agency turn me down because they said they didn't want to set me up for failure and to get another year of m/s experience (but on that interview i didn't build myself up because i knew if i went into HH i would want a VERY supportive atmosphere so i kind of wanted to see the response i would get being very honest with not having alot of experience). So now that the OTHER hh agency i interviewed with seemed to reply to my concern of lack of skills seemed eager to help me with what i wasn't comfortable with. I just can't get those words of the other agency out of my head "setting you up for failure".

Also, i'm not too crazy about the driving part, especially in inner city. But that con might not outweigh the pro's. By the way...the other choices i'm trying to choose from are SICU (evening shift) and Psych (evening shift). What to do??????

Any suggestions???