Supplemental RN or Float pool position? Please weigh in

[Buffy31]

I am currently a supplemental RN on a surgical floor and would like advice regarding a possible change of position based on a few reasons.

I enjoy the floor I work on, and up until January I have worked 4-5 days per week, one weekend per month. I do not have any benefits, although working as a supplemental, I get about $4 more per hour. I do not have health insurance.

My schedule now is 1-3 days per week.

I have applied and interviewed for a float pool position. This would consist of five 12 hour shifts per pay period. I would receive health insurance, gain PTO, learn new things like cardiac, and cross-train in the ER, etc...but I would have to work every other weekend, and work 12 hour shifts (but more days off during the week).

I definitely need health insurance. If I bought it through the exchange, it would cost me $300/month. Some months I make $300-600 in supplemental pay. Insurance through work would be around $100-or less- and I could add my son too, dental included.

Which option would you go for? Flexibility in hours, but no guarantee of hours, higher pay, and one weekend a month?

Or guaranteed hours (but longer), work in new fields, have insurance, and work 2 weekends per month instead of one?

This decision is killing me! Who knows, anyway--maybe I will not even be offered the position! (She makes the decision Monday or Tuesday next week).

[MyPrnPleaseBSN]

FLOAT POOL!! to my knowledge, your hours are guaranteed, plus you get to "float" to different unit, which can be very educational and you won't get bored of the "same ol same ol".