lulusmom

Thank you for the encouraging words. I am leaning towards correction. But my cousin says its really more like clinic work and I will not get the acute experience that I want.

Hi Allnurses, I have been an RN for 10 years now but never really worked med surg or any acute care setting. I mostly worked in psych and blood donation centers. And so recently I finished an RN refresher course program to get reacquainted with acute care. After doing so, I applied at several hospitals, and lucky enough I had been offered jobs by 2 different departments. The first was correctiojal nursing and the later was med surg. I could try to debate the advantages and disadvantages of the two but with my limited experience, its kind of hard. I would like to do med surg but I'm afraid that it would be overwhelming for me and I think correctional nursing is a great opportunity as well but I'm a little apprehensive about getting locked in with inmates. I would like some feedback to maybe ease my mind a little before deciding. I know it has more to do with making the step on the right direction because this is a major step in my career. Having only one offer would have been so much easier, not having to think about what could have been in the future. I wish there was a way for me to find out which one would be the better fit. I feel like and I kind of am a newbee again.