Will i still be qualified in a new grad program?

[chikashi]

Hello fellow nurses,

I kinda have a dilemma whether to accept a new job offer or not. I have been working in a SNF for two years now and also going to school for BSN degree. I got a job offer in Kindred Hospital and most of my co-workers disagreed of me accepting the job because they said its also like a SNF/subacute unit, and that they're saying that i should just wait until i graduate to my BSN program and find a job in a real acute care hospital as a new grad or something. I' m womdering if i am still qualified as a new grad nurse even though i work in a SNF for two years now? And also, should i still accept the job at kindred hospital still since its not really an acute care hospital? Please help,me decide what is the right thing to do. Im very confused. Thank you so much

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

If you're going from LVN to BSN, you'd likely be considered a new grad. If you're going from RN to BSN, you definitely wouldn't be considered a new grad. Kindred has always scared me, a bit. They seem to have a bad reputation. Proceed with caution.

[trinitymaster]

Kindred will show you what you are made of. Take the most difficult patient you have ever encountered and multiply that by 5-7 because that is what your life will be like. Kindred takes the patients that most hospitals will not accept outside of their ICU. Medically complex patients with multiple morbidity is the norm. Most nurses do not have the skill set to survive. However, if you accept the challenge and last a year, then you will become so much stronger than other nurses.

As a past traveler, I was amazed at what the other short-term acute care (STAC) facilities considered to be difficult. Wounds with exposed vital organs...no problem. Patients with (click all of the above) central-lines, PEGs, urostomies, colostomies, wound managers for draining fistulas, mechanically ventilated, 10 different ABx to treat MDROs, C-Diff, and a giant wound where their buttocks used to be.....no problem.

Kindred is tough. You will be short staffed, underpaid, and under-appreciated, but you will also become a much better nurse.