Too many choices

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OK folks, so now the phone has started to ring and I am being called for my first interviews for faculty jobs.

I live in a huge metro with a few nursing schools concentrated in the city center. Those are the hardest to get into as they have their pick of nurse educators. I am mostly being called by rural and semi rural schools.

Right now, I have a choice between working as adjunct faculty for a rural ADN program 15 minutes from home vs. a BSN program full-time Assistant Professor job in a semi rural area state University 2 hours away from home without traffic (ultimate relocation situation).

I am torn between comfort and career. What would you choose and why?

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If your long-term goal is a career in academia, take the full-time position in the BSN program, and figure out how to make it work (assuming everything else is comparable -- e.g, it isn't a choice between a great ADN program and a lousy BSN program ...)

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All the numbers are great for the BSN program consistently over 91% NCLEX pass rate, 80% retention rate.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I would go for the "best" and most respected BSN program you could find and try to make it work. If you want a career in academia, you want to establish yourself at a respected institution of higher education.

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If you're still relatively young choose the "career" choice. If you're looking at retiring in 5 years, choose "comfort".

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
If you're still relatively young choose the "career" choice. If you're looking at retiring in 5 years, choose "comfort".

Great way to say it. I'll probably use that line sometime. I hope you don't mind.

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