Should I take an office RN position

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Just graduated May. I have applied an gotten nothing but denials from hospitals in area and surrounding areas. Office RN position drug tested, they seem excited to have me. Should I take office job if offered or hold out for hospital job. I have not taken my NCLEX. Not even sure what the office job will pay and I got into nursing for the bedside hospital experience.

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

I would say to take it and continue applying to hospital jobs. Some kind of nursing job is better than none.

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Specializes in Peds, Float, Ambulatory, Telemetry (new).

Exactly what Jeanette73 said. But congrats on getting something even before taking NCLEX. Good luck on your search.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

The one thing worse than being a new grad is being an old new grad, which is what you are flirting with if you hold out for only hospital jobs.

Take this job--it's experience as well as a paycheck--and keep applying to hospital jobs.

Congrats and best of luck with the NCLEX.

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Absolutely take the job!! Then immediately add it to your resume and keep sending it out.

USE that license. I finally started getting interest after I added a non-hospital RN position which was really just giving flu shots. I can't even tell you how happy my heart felt when they offered me that flu shot position because I was using my RN license. After that I started a hospital RN volunteer thing, then a per diem RN job, then two hospital RN interviews which turned into offers -- all within two months!

Bottom line....

Get that RN position on your resume!

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