Before I moved, I worked part time at a group home. I am in the process of becoming a nurse and had to take a certified nursing assistant course, and I went ahead and got certified too since I figured it would be good experience.
I moved and needed a job. I applied for some CNA positions, but I was under the impression that I wasn't likely to land one, so I also applied to transfer within the company. I finally got a call from them and got an offer for a full time job with a wage that was almost 30% higher than at my old home. Happy dance! I accepted, pending background check. I am supposed to do orientation on Friday, at which point I will start doing training hours like crazy before settling into my 32 hour/week, mostly evening, every weekend block.
Well this morning I got a call from a nursing home. I have mixed feelings about that one, as it actually fired my MIL for really stupid reasons (at least as far as I understand from her), but it sounds like a good busy place to get my feet wet so I scheduled an interview for Monday.
Then this evening I got a call from another senior living home. I sort of explained the situation and they said they have a block that would be a morning shift, only 7 shifts per pay period, and I said that might actually work out great and I scheduled an interview for tomorrow. I guess it will be a long one as I have a lot of paperwork and testing to do before the real interview.
Obviously this is a good problem to have, but I am just not sure what to do. I don't want to pull a fast one on my old company, but I was hoping to get a CNA job, which seems to be taken much more seriously for nursing experience than a DSP even though I do cares and meds as a DSP. If one of these facilities wants me, maybe I will see if I can drop to part time or fill in at the group home, but then I was really looking forward to having benefits, at least until DH's kick in in the fall. It sounds like there is full time CNA available as well. I also have to take at least one class this fall to fulfill my nursing school requirements, so I don't want to go too crazy with the work (plus I'm lazy, ha).
Assuming wages are the same across the board, WWYD?
