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Which hospital to work for?

I am a BSN student who is having an internal debate right now. I potentially will be working for two different hospital systems in the city I live near. One of them offers a 50 percent tuition discount while going to school, if you will work with them for an entire year afterwards. Basically, they would place you wherever they want (floor-wise) and for night shift.

But, the other hospital system I want to work for directly out of college offers a critical care program to new BSN grads (competitively). This is what I really want to do, and I would rather skip the year in Med-Surg that is recommended for experience before having to apply to CC. This hospital system also is a better company overall, but does not offer a tuition discount. They work with you to find open positions, but do not strap you down to something that you do not want.

With all this to consider, I would be saving around 15 grand in loans if I decided to work with a tuition discount. But, I would sacrifice the chance to do what I want to do and be stuck on a floor that is assigned.

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    Do what you want. Truly. I was so sick of hearing people tell me to "go get experience" rather than what my passion is. Life is too short to hate going to work, especially if you have a choice. Good luck with your decision!

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    This is exactly what I was thinking! Why wake up everyday to do a job that you do not want to do?

    I honestly didn't go into nursing just for the money. ****, I could go be a engineer and do better that way. I did it because it is a challenging career that makes me feel I made a difference. I leave work feeling complete!

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    Or you could mix in both? Get a year of med/surg on nights at the one hosp (save the $15G) then use that experience to be more competitive at the other hosp.

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    Exactly cd. Take the opportunity to do something you love while the opportunity still exists. :)

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