Before you jump on a job offer, take the time to evaluate it. If you're offered a position during an interview, consider postponing your decision until you've had time to sleep on it and to talk about the offer with your friends and family. When comparing job offers, you need to look at the tangible and intangible features of the specific position and the employer.
Tangible features are measurable and include salary and benefits.
Intangibles depend on your feelings and are equally important. Think long and hard about what the most important factors in a job are for you. For some nurses, health insurance carries the most weight, for others it's the hours or the kind of patients. Compare hours, hourly rate, shift and weekend differentials, vacation, sick-time benefits, parking, retirement plans, health insurance, disability and life insurance, holidays, child care options, kind of uniform required, opportunities for overtime or time off without pay, and travel time to work. Professional Opportunities Determine the opportunities for advancement within the facility and whether working for this organization could be a stepping stone to a future position with another employer.