Acute Care Unit after Hospice?

[LPN_2005/RN_10]

I'm a new grad RN and I will be interviewing for my first RN job soon for the hospice unit. I am worried that employers will view my only RN experience as an hospice nurse being not good enough to apply for med-surg or other acute care units. The hospice position was the only one I was qualified to apply for being a new grad, all of the other positions required a minimum of 1 year experience.

I'm a little bummed out, because I'm thinking that possibly working my 1st RN job as an hospice nurse in this current economy will disqualify me in the future from applying to any hospital job, since I see alot of employers stating they want RN applicants to have at least 1 year acute care experience.

I love hospice and I've worked for a short time as a CNA and LPN in hospice, but feel that getting some acute care experience 1st will help me professionally, especially when I want to apply for other hospital positions.

I know I'm not the only one in this situation that had to apply for non acute care positions in order to start working as an RN, but I want to know if any RNs had any trouble being hired for acute or critical care units after having only hospice or long term care experience?