Should I accept this offer?

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I was recently offered a job as an RN at a SNF a ~80 bed facility and was told I'd be working NOC shifts where I'd be the only RN on and in charge of the LVN's and CNAs on duty. Here's the catch: orientation is 1 week only, and I'm a new grad with 0 work experience.

I am pretty desperate since I've been applying in the SoCAL area for months with no luck, but idk if I'll be able to handle this much responsibility, or am I overthinking this and it sounds like a good job to get me started with my nursing career?

What are your thoughts on this offer? Should a new grad like myself take a job like this?

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Specializes in ICU.

Nooo

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Don't take a job out of desperation. This job seems to be setting you up for failure based on the information you provided. I have never worked in an SNF. Make sure of everyone's responsibilities, especially your own, as well as other resources available on your shift if you are even going to consider taking the job.

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When I graduated from nursing school, I wanted to work in ICU. There were no jobs available for new grads in the ICU, so I accepted a job in the telemetry unit. After a year there, I finally landed my "dream job" of working in the ICU. I got a 6 week orientation. After that orientation, I was thrown to the wolves. Every day was hell. I applied for a transfer. In that process I stressed my fears and anxiety to my manager. She immediately took me off all unit hours. When I was talking to one of the clinical specialists a few months later, she admitted that she felt awful because they failed me.

Moral of the story, don't accept the position. Take your time and get in somewhere that will give you the orientation that you deserve, one that will help you learn, grow, and thrive.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, Home Health, Corrections, School Nurse.

NO, NO, NO, NO, and just to be clear, NO!. If there is one thing a person needs when brand new it's a good orientation. IF you read a lot of posts here, you will see newbies struggling even after months of orientation. You get one week, and then you don't even have any resources to go to when you have any questions or problems. Also, you will encounter major resentment from the LVNs and CNAs who will all know more than you do, but earn less than you do, and will have to take orders from you. It's a recipe for disaster. Also, you might want to think about why a facility even wants to hire someone with no experience to work at night with no supervision....it's an indicator that they are pretty desperate for help, which is never a good sign.

As far as getting a job that you really want, follow up with any applications that you have submitted. I have worked at hospitals that were desperate for nurses, yet when nurses I knew would apply, (experienced nurses), they would never hear back. Go to university job fairs. Go back to where you graduated from and ask the instructors who do clinicals if they know anybody who can put in a good word for you. Contact the nurses you graduated with, and find out if they have gotten hired, and if they have any suggestions or can help out. Don't give up, don't take something out of desperation.

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Run for your life. It is a recipe for disaster and remember your hard earn license at stake. Have patience a better opportunity is coming.

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Thanks so much for all of your responses! I went with my gut feeling and declined the offer! Good news is, I was able to land another job at a small hospital to begin my nursing career! Yay! ?

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9 minutes ago, Jay816 said:

Thanks so much for all of your responses! I went with my gut feeling and declined the offer! Good news is, I was able to land another job at a small hospital to begin my nursing career! Yay! ?

Wonderful! Congratulations. You will do great.

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