Career vs Family vs Economy

I'm in need of advice. I'm from PA and have been a RN for 4 years. All 4 of those years have been spent doing pediatric home care and in the past year I picked up a casual part time position at a long term care facility. I recently was presented with a nursing supervisor position at the LTC facility for 3-11p shift. Although I really could use a full time position, Im questioning a few things.
1. I never had the chance to experiencing working in a hospital. I feel like if I accept this, I may lose some of my skills or get stuck in administration. I'm young and still in the beginning so I don't mind being on the floor.

2. The only shift available is 3-11p. I have two young children. One almost 2 and the other almost 4. I would never get to put my kids to bed or feed them dinner or see my partner. Once my oldest starts school, I'd hardly see her either.

3. After being a nurse for 4 years and having never worked in the hospital, is it even likely for me to get hired?

Above are my most major concerns. Am I being to picky and missing out on a great opportunity? It would make things so much easier financially but I feel like Im selling my soul. To the other nurses in supervisory/administrative position, how much clinical/hands on experience did you have? Are you less stressed and happier than on the floor?
You have 4 solid years of nursing experience during which you have undoubtedly mastered time management, delegation, communication, physical assessment, etc.... don't sell yourself short!Based on my own experience, I would not recommend working 3-11 while your kids are so small. You will have other career opportunities in the future, but you will never be able to re-wind the clock where your children are concerned. I discovered that working nights (11-7) was a far better choice because I didn't have to sacrifice that important evening/bedtime period with my kids.Have you explored any LTAC opportunities? These are a very good transition to acute care - the patients are 'acute' but just have longer lengths of stay. They may even have some very high-dependency, ventilator-dependent patients which would enable you to polish those high-tech skills. You're wise to shy away from supervisory positions due to the added stress that these positions entail. IMO, first-line nursing supervision jobs are the hardest ones in health care. They are squeezed between the demands of staff & upper management; accountable for keeping physicians happy; responsible for adhering to bare-bones budgets; have to fill-in at the bedside to fill absences or make up for high census, etc.. . . sheesh. Plus, you would no longer be eligible for overtime. Many experienced nurses are opting out of supervisory positions for all those reasons.
Quote from HouTxYou have 4 solid years of nursing experience during which you have undoubtedly mastered time management, delegation, communication, physical assessment, etc.... don't sell yourself short!Based on my own experience, I would not recommend working 3-11 while your kids are so small. You will have other career opportunities in the future, but you will never be able to re-wind the clock where your children are concerned. I discovered that working nights (11-7) was a far better choice because I didn't have to sacrifice that important evening/bedtime period with my kids.Have you explored any LTAC opportunities? These are a very good transition to acute care - the patients are 'acute' but just have longer lengths of stay. They may even have some very high-dependency, ventilator-dependent patients which would enable you to polish those high-tech skills.You're wise to shy away from supervisory positions due to the added stress that these positions entail. IMO, first-line nursing supervision jobs are the hardest ones in health care. They are squeezed between the demands of staff & upper management; accountable for keeping physicians happy; responsible for adhering to bare-bones budgets; have to fill-in at the bedside to fill absences or make up for high census, etc.. . . sheesh. Plus, you would no longer be eligible for overtime. Many experienced nurses are opting out of supervisory positions for all those reasons.
I worked full-time 3-11 2nd shift, and I too have 2 young children (8 and 7, so mine are school age). I HATED it. It's the worst shift ever when you have kids at home, especially once they start school. I would only see them for about 30 minutes in the mornings before school and then on my days off and that was IT. I finally got tired of it and put in my 2 weeks notice. However, my unit manager talked me in to staying by offering to swap out some of those 2nd shifts for 1st/2nd double shifts, which allows me to work only 3 days a week and be home 4 days. Basically I work 1st shift every other Tuesday, 2nd shift every Wednesday, and then double shifts every other Saturday & Sunday. I still hate it, even though I'm home a lot more. I'm actively looking for a full-time day shift position so that I could be home at night, but those are hard to come by. My first job after LPN school, I worked full-time 7p-7a night shift, and I LOVED it. I would work 2 in a row, be off 3 in a row, then work 2, be off the weekend. Then the following week, the pattern would repeat, except that I would work the weekend. It was awesome. Good luck to you! Hope you get that Telemetry position! I know you need a job, but if at all possible, I'd recommend against that full-time 2nd shift position with young kids at home. In my experience, it just wasn't worth it.