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I am a new grad RN who passed her boards. I had an interview at my hospital of choice last week for a spinal cored injury/ head injury rehab unit for nights 11-7. The interview was tough and she made it very clear it was a difficult floor with a 10:1 ratio on nights and doing full transfers with only one LPN on nights and no Aids. She didn't seem that impressed with me so i kept interviewing. I interviewed at the same hospital for a SNF. The woman was very nice, seemed very interested in hiring me, loved all my answers, and hired me on the spot pending a drug test and background check. So NOW the SCI/head injury woman just left me a voice mail, and i think it might be a job offer. What do i do? I told the SNF woman i interviewed with SCI and she said i could take which position i wanted. Which one do i want? Am i going to get stuck in skilled nursing forever? will other floors not take me because my experience is sub acute versus acute? Why should i take a job that 10X harder for the same money? and have a boss that I'm terrified of? and for the record.. what exactly is skilled nursing?
bsyrn, ASN, RN
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Go for the SNF job, better hours and better work environment. Best of luck