LJT347

General Info: I am a new grad LPN starting my RN program in a couple of weeks. I am going to be working day shift and attending classes in the evening. I have two job offers, but don't know which to pick. One is a regular nursing home with short term and long term care and has good pay. The patient load is 1 or 2 nurses to 40 residents. Even though the patient load is a bit much, I feel like I would gain more experience here, which might help me in the future. The other job is an assisted living facility. The patient load is not as much as the nursing home. There are no PEG tubes or IV treatments. The most, I have been told I'll do is giving insulin. Most of the patients are capable of taking care of themselves, physically, requiring no use of CNAs. The environment is great also, but the downside is that the pay is $10 less than the nursing home. My thoughts: I have loans to pay so I'm leaning towards the nursing home. But, at the same time, the workload may be lighter at the assisted living facility, making it easier to focus on my studies. What do you think? Any advice is helpful.