Hi everyone. First, I would like to thank you all for contributing to this forum. I have been reading for about 4 years, but this is my first post.
I am a new grad and have two job offers on the table as of today --both, I feel are great opportunities. However, they are both very different.
Ultimately, I would like to work in pediatrics -- so here is my dilemma. My first offer is in a pediatric long term care facilty where the patients are critically and/or chronically ill. Lots of vents, trachs, g-tubes, a few picc lines. The second is a med-surg oncology unit at a community hospital. There would be a ton of hands on learning at the latter job, as this hospital is lacking specialty teams such IV nurses etc..
Long-term I feel you can't go wrong with med-surg experience. However, I am unsure if it would be wise to pass up the peds opportunity since ultimately that's the population I want to work with. I don't know if the peds experience would compensate for the lack of acute-care experience should I apply next to a peds hospital, say in 2 years.
Both jobs are close to home and on the same shift. Compensation is remarkably comparable as well. Benefits are slightly better with the hospital position.
I would really appreciate any feedback you have to offer.
Just wanted to follow up! I accepted the peds position and am hoping to be able to obtain a per diem med-surg position after I am oriented to the new job.
Good choice! I just saw this thread and was going to say pick the Peds job as well.
I worked in a Peds LTC and made the move to the hospital and work in the Peds ED now.
Peds are not small adults and having the chronic care background with Peds will help, as these kiddos tend to go back and forth from the LTC to the hospital frequently
Lovemybugs, I started out working in ED my first year of nursing school, but it was a long drive and I knew I needed to get some sort of peds experience so I left to work as an MA in Peds Primary care. I would love to do Peds ED. It gives me hope to learn that is where you ended up.
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Ooh that is a tough one .. I would pray and pray and pray .. Then I think you need to make a gut decision instead of trying to intellectualize it ...