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Hello all, I may not be seeing something here, but I need a little advice. I have been a respiratory therapist for around 10 years now and have recently become a registered nurse in the PICU. I have always liked working in this unit as a respiratory person. I am about to finish my training/orientation for this facility and now they are having myself and another move to nights. I do not want to work nights and have done my share of nights as a respiratory person. Now, here is the thing....I am getting paid more than a new grad nurse because of my experience and time with this facility, but it is the same as my respiratory pay, in fact, I would be getting paid a dollar more an hour for getting assigned to the units as a respiratory therapist. So, I would be actually making more money as an Respiratory therapist and I would get to stay on days. I am not sure what to do because I went to nursing school to get ahead, not move backwards. I could go back to the resp. dept. and stay on days or try and stick it out. I try and tell myself that it will be better in the long run, but I am not sure and I hate doing nights. Plus, I work much harder as a nurse. I also got offered a position with a hospice care which would be better pay than both of the above mentioned, but it is out of my element. I feel kind of stupid because this hospice thing "sounds" great. No weekends, no holidays, better pay, PTO accumulation is great, mandatory 2 week vacation per year (my buddy had put in a good word for me), but I am not sure as what to do. All my experience has been in the hospital setting. I have tried to weigh the pros and cons, but I guess I need a little advice. RY