Change to CCU?

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I currently work in a single doctor office, and while it's a good job I'd much rather be in the hospital. This is my first nursing job since graduating and it has been okay but the distance in driving is starting to take it's toll with gas prices. I'm also tired of the person I share my job with never doing any work and leaving it for me. So I've been doing some job searching and I've come up with this: CCU 1st shift 8 hour days 3 days a week. This sounds ideal for me! I wanted a CCU job so bad when I graduated and I was offered a position however I had to decline because I was moving out of the state. Here are my concerns: I want a good reference letter for my next job when I move, I've been with my current employer for 14 months, and if I quit now I'd only have approximately 8 months to work in the hospital. The reason for this is my husband is in the Navy and our time will be up in 8 months for this duty station so we will be moving. What should I do? I guess the good thing to me quitting after 8 months isn't because I wanted to but because I had to with my husbands job and this will not be a problem in the future for he is getting out of the Navy. The CCU job is closer to home which is great and the hours are better and more than mine currently are. Any suggestions on what to do?

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