Need advice please

[gatoraims RN]

I recently interviewed for a med/surg position and was given an offer. I just need to do drug testing ect.

I had an interview in OB/Gyn nursing at one of their sister hospitals. OB would be my dream job and why I got onto nursing. I let them know I had an offer for med/surg because The OB interview sounded promising and the hiring manager emailed me to let me know that she contacted her HR recruiter and will keep me posted and I should do the same. How long do I wait? Do I accept one then bail if I get the OB nursing position. I don't want to end up without a job if I say no to the med/surg job and never hear back from the OB job.

One part art of me is dying to just wait hell or high water for the OB job but the rational side says a bird in the hand. Ugh I feel sick.

I have one year non acute RN experience, 4 months acute seasonal RN experience, and was an Lpn for a year prior to becoming an RN. So I am a novice nurse in the acute setting but not a new grad.

[theRNJedi]

I could write a lot, but in short...don't pass up on a job offer...accept the job you get first. It is as you wrote..."a bird in the hand...." Gaining nursing experience as a novice nurse is fundamental for developing your professional profile...which will in itself make you more marketable for 'dream jobs'.

-theRNJedi

[kjjonesRN]

Maybe your situation has passed, but I wanted to say that I found myself in a very similar situation about a month ago. I'm a new grad with absolutely no patient care experience, and somehow I ended up interviewing for a telemetry job the day before I interviewed for a labor and delivery position. I was hoping to hear from both about the same time, but I got an offer the following week from the telemetry job. L&D was also my dream, so I went through the same stress as you, knowing that if I accepted the telemetry job and was offered the L&D job, I'd have to backtrack and I hate doing that sort of thing. But I also knew that I was in an enviable position as a new grad and that turning down an offer would be ridiculous.

So, I ended up accepting the telemetry job. Turned out I was called later that day with an L&D offer, and I took that and ended up having to make that dreaded call to the telemetry position.

Point being, I'd say accept the position. Acute care jobs are not easy to come by, and getting an offer is huge. There is no guarantee you will be offered your OB job, but if you are, rest assured that friends in HR have said people having to call back to unaccept an offer is pretty common.

Good Luck!!