What would you do?

[jesuslovesme]

I recently was hired as a nurse in a skilled nursing facility. It is a full-time position, from 3-11. I just received a call from a home health agency. They are looking for a nurse to monitor the medication regimen of about 7 clients. I would be responsible for traveling to their homes and consulting with the physcian and pharmacist to make sure they are receiving the right med, right dose, and no drug interactions. I would visit each client at least once a month. I am a new grad and have been looking for months for a nursing position. I finally was offered a position at a skilled nursing position. Then I get this call from the home health company. I don't know if I should take this job also or strictly focus on my skilled nursing facility job. The skilled nursing facility is not near me and so I would have to travel some distance. I don't know if I would want another job that requires me traveling distances. So what would you do?

[systoly]

I don't see how the home health agency job can compare. If I understand this correctly, even if you visited each patient four times a month it would average out to one visit per day. Also consider the possibility of difficulty in scheduling the visits.

[jesuslovesme]

systoly

Yes, I agree I thought about it last night. Even if it is once a month, I would have to some how schedule around both of my jobs. My new full-time job is not near me and requires me to travel some distance. The less than part-time job is a mile away from my home, I've been with them for years, and I make close to $20 per hour. The only thing about this job is that it is such few hours. But I figure that is ok since I have this new full-time job. The homehealth job would probably be ok I I didn't have the less than part-time job. Plus, with me already having to travel a distance for the full-time job I don't know if I'm up to more traveling.