Advice Needed!

hello all!

so during my clinical rotation in the er i was encouraged by the night shift nurse manager to come back and apply for a position after graduation. i came back to follow up on that, and the nm told me that yes they did have a few positions and that i should apply (weird that no positions are posted on their website though). so i get a call back about 5 days after visiting the nm telling me to come in for an interview. i interview with the day shift nm and she says that there are some positions at night, but due to a hiring freeze i may not get a call back right away, but she offered to take me on a tour of the er (which i guess meant i got the job but i didn't need the tour because i did my clinical rotation there lol, which she realized too lol) so she said that the nurse recruiter would be contacting me from this point on about the situation.

so i call the nurse recruiter about 2 weeks later, and she explained that she is waiting for her boss to sign off on something to open up hiring for the positions so she can start calling people back. according to her there are about two dozen ''new hires'' (for various units throughout the hospital) waiting like me to start orientation, but she doesn't know when the freeze will be lifted, and she told me not to tell my current employer as yet when i'm leaving and that they at the hospital are still interested in hiring me and that she will call me back as soon as she gets the green light.

so finally what i need some advice on is do i continue my job search? it's tough getting a job out here, and it's not like most places are hiring. i do think i have a good chance at being hiring at a certain other hospital because of a certain circumstance, but i'm wondering if i should go all out job searching if i know i'll be working there within a few months. i currently have a nursing job, so it's not like i'm losing much nursing experience or totally in need of employment. any advice?