Single mom about to finish BS

[GAfutureRN]

Hello everyone,

I'm a single mom to a 4 year old and I am about to finish my BSN in May. I'm getting ready to start applying for jobs, and I've already been offered a position at our local hospital because I've been doing an externship, but so far I've detested night shifts (pretty much everyone starts there) and 12 hour shifts in general because it's very difficult as a single mom to manage this. I'm just trying to get some advice on whether I should just look for an office position with normal hours, or if any other single moms had any advice on what did and did not work for them starting out.

[publichealthgir]

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[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Childcare is a huge issue for anyone who works 12 hour shifts. But creative and resourceful nurses continue to come up with amazing solutions. In areas with large concentrations of healthcare jobs, it's not unusual to discover that there are professional child care providers with extended hours.

Smart organizations may have collaborative agreements with some of them because they know that the value of high quality childcare will promote nursing retention - it's a highly valued benefit for parents of young children. Many hospitals have 'sick child' care arrangements because this decreases nurse call-ins. I have also encountered employee-led 'child care co-ops' facilitated by HR departments who match up employees who work on opposite schedules or shifts.