kaylynnd06

Thanks ! Good Luck to everyone out there in their search :-)

Just thought I'd update everyone... I chose the Pediatric RN position and am absolutely loving it. Since I work for an office/emergency walk in pediatric group I get to see a lot. You'd be suprised how many nursing skills I'm using and the NP's are great at showing me new things. Thanks for all of your advice!

I tutor for Nclex but am in the central jersey area. Try looking into an online test prep course such as Kaplan or Hurst. Good Luck

Just wanted to thank everyone again for their advice. It is very appreciated :-)

My advice to you is to follow your heart... if nursing is not for you take a break for awhile (keep renewing your license though in case you want to come back to it someday). Nursing is a very difficult career because sometimes we put our patients before ourselves; and the reality is you come first. If you are unhappy they are unhappy. Talk to your husband. Explain how you are feeling. In order to care for your patients you need to first care for yourself. Don't ever forget that. Money will never buy happiness. I hope you feel better real soon :-)

Thanks everyone for your input. It's been really valuable and I really really appreciate you taking the time to write :-) The hospital is in Toms River.

Hi everyone. I am a recent new grad BSN, RN in NJ. I've applied for well over 300 jobs and finally got 2 job offers and now do not know which one to accept. The first is for a large Pediatric group that is about 30 minutes away from my home and all of the staff seem really nice and willing to take on the responsibility of training me for my 1st RN position. It is a 9-5 position Monday - Friday with the occasional Sat. (no nights, weekends, or holidays) and it pays pretty well for a dr.'s office ($24/hr) with full benefits. The 2nd position is for a hospital that is about 50 minutes from my house for a Cardiac Rn position. It is full time (36hrs/wk) and pays $26.75/hr for the day shift which I feel is kind of low. I feel extremely lucky to have both offers because I know how difficult it is to find a job out there, especially in NJ. I always saw myself as a Pediatric nurse but I am afraid that if I take the dr's office position I will never be able to get into a hospital for lack of acute care experience. On the other hand, I am afraid if I accept the hospital position I will be stuck in Cardiac and stressed out. I know in nursing school we are told to take any hospital position we can get our hands on, but what if we are offered a dr.'s office position in the specialty we really want? Any help, comments, suggestions, advice would be really appreciated :-) Thank you in advance!