Med/surg

Unfortunately,
The area I'm applying for isn't hiring new grads into the ICU. The recruiter said that they start off in med/surg (step down from ICu, level 1 trauma) and after 1 year exper.then you could go into ICU. I planned on working two years already so it's not that, but med/surg is a scary thought. Anyways, if I were to take this, is there an area ( neuro, cardio?) that would give better experience than a regular med/surg floor? And is this route better than trying to get into a smaller hosptias ICU?

PS: I attended the National Students nurses assoc. conference in Daytona and got to meet the rep from AANA. Her presentation was moving, it was really motivating. It definately made becoming a CRNA more appealing without the $$ issue..