Stress on work decission!!! Please help! Need advice!

[lynnie88]

I have recently gone back to work after a year and a half. After having my first child I stayed home to be with him. I am currently going back to school to get my BSN. But I felt I should work more as a LPN to get experience. I applied at alot of places. I got a call and a interview for the community hospital for a full-time long term care position. With in days after the interview I got called for a drug test and and a call that they wanted to hire me. I excepted the full-time position because that was all I could find and really need to work already. The day I accept the position, I get a call from my old home health agency that they had a part-time LPN position. I was bummed because I already excepted the hospital position. My old boss begged me to try out the job and I love it! The hours and schedule is perfect for my schedule with school and my son. But now I am waiting on starting at the hospital. It takes a while I already excepted the job there. But didn't sign the papers yet. I know in the future I want to work there, not in LTC but at the hospital. Will it make me look bad if I turn the position down now? Home health is kinda not as permanent too. Because I have a ped's patient and the patient might not need care for more than a year. What do I do??? Anyone ever in the same situation help!!! At the moment home healt is perfect for me. But not sure how long the position will be availble. Do I except the hospital cause it's more permanent? Help!!!

[Krisintheweb]

Hi Lynnie, well it must feel good to be in demand! Although it is always stressful when we are faced with important choices. I can't speak for everyone, but for me honesty has always been the best policy. I would simply tell the hospital that you have been offered a part time job that would allow you to finish your RN schooling and that at this time you feel that would be a better choice. I would let them know how highly you think of the hospital, how much you appreciate them offering you a job and then I would ask them "If I take the other job at this time would it hurt my chances of employment at your facility later when I graduate." I would then gauge my decision based on what is best for you. Rest assured the hospital or any facility will always make their decisions based on what is best for them.

I know that sometimes in the corporate world it seems like honesty is not always appreciated and sometimes even punished, but it is just what works best for me. I like to be able to have open and honest communication with my employers and if I can't be that way then I don't want to work for them anyway. Good luck and don't be so stressed out that you forget to enjoy the fact that you look so good on paper that you actually got 2 job offers! :yelclap:

[systoly]

I could not agree more with Krisintheweb, only Kris said it more elegantly and efficiently than I would have.

[Krisintheweb]

Thanks systoly!