Which job looks better on a resume for a future employer?

[Sl1011]

Does it look better to future employers to have had experience in Family Practice Nursing OR experience at an Endoscopy Center?

**** Maybe I should have added more info :)

I'm a new RN (since early-sept), and I got a job at a family practice Sept 13th. I've recently been offered a PRN job at an Endoscopy center.. however this job is pretty much an everyday job even though it's PRN. And it'll go to full-time as it gets busier. I was just curious as to which job would look better on a resume for the future... whether it be hospital jobs, Heart Cath centers, home health, school nursiing, whatever :)

[hopefulwhoop]

Depends on what job you're trying to get.

[April, RN, BSN, RN]

If you are trying to eventually get into hospital nursing, I would think an endoscopy center would give you experience with skills like IVs, conscious sedation, blood transfusions, etc.

[Randy.RN]

That's a question that involves more information, particularly, what pathway are you looking to go down in your nursing career? Where do you eventually want to plant yourself and in what specialty? The answers to those questions are individualized just for you and your aspirations professionally. So use that info to help make decisions now that will launch you in that direction with more success and experience.

However, as a hiring manager myself, I will tell you that I think a job in an Endoscopy center will give you more nursing and job skills that can be applicable to numerous future nursing opportunities. The Family practice route can offer experience, and some skills, but ultimately its a different set of duties than the responsibilities you would have in a endoscopy center. I know endoscopy nurses who segway into perioperative nursing like, Pre-Op/PACU/OR specialties.

In general the more experience you have in an accute care facillity utilizing advanced skills and assessments, that would be a smarter move when you consdier future opportunities in the patient care health systems.

[OhBoy123]

I would say endoscopy because you would be using a broad range of nursing skills that I don't think you are able to practice in a family office such as starting iv's, monitoring patients under conscious sedation and as they come out of it, etc. Many jobs I have seen for endoscopy centers require critical care experience so I would jump on that opportunity.