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Can anyone offer me some guidance? :)

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Hi All! Happy Summer! I am finally done with this year of school (Year 1 of my 2 year nursing program - Dean's list! Woo!!) I decided that I need to get a job that will be helpful for future jobs after graduation. I have been offered 2 positions. One position as a Home Healthcare Aid for a giant healthcare practice here in Buffalo, NY - the healthcare practice runs 3 of the major hospitals, I got the job through them. I'm sure most of you know what a home health care aid does. The other job I have been offered is a dialysis technician position through Davita Dialysis. They tain me for 12 weeks and while I'm back in school I work per diem. (It's a student RN to RN bridge program). The only thing is, I believe that you must work for them for 1 year as an RN once you graduate. This sounds great and all and a guaranteed job, but as soon as I finish my RN, I am applying for the RN-BSN-MNP program which requires 1 year on a med-surg floor to be considered for the MNP portion. The home health care aid position is through a major healthcare company that runs 3 of the major hospitals here which means if I took the position with them I have the opportunity to apply internally within the company in hopes to get into one of the 3 major hospitals on a med-surg floor. With the dialysis technician I am guaranteed a job, but I would have to work there for 1 year at least which is not helping me towards my goal of a med-surg floor. So there are pros and cons to each, but I am very conflicted and I am not sure which to take so I thought some outside opinions may be the way to go! Also between the two, dialysis technician and home healthcare aid which do you think is a better choice for a resume? I know they both involve patient care, but I'm also conflicted as to which one is considered as on my resume. Thank you all for your help!
See if your MNP program would count a year as an RN in a dialysis unit as a year in practice. Especially if the dialysis company staffs hospital patients from time to time, they might buy it. And you might decide that renal nursing as a specialty would be a great career. I'd take the HD tech job, in case you can't tell. You will be in a position to see and learn a great deal more than as a HHA.
Author: jone  3-07-2015, 08:50   Views: 346   
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