Transferring w/in a hospital or w/in a hospital system...which is best?

[iHeartNICU]

I'm a 3rd semester student and am thinking about where I would like to apply for jobs when that time comes. I want to work NICU but it seems only one hospital out of this whole hospital system (about 5 hospitals) takes new grads into NICU. However, this is not the hospital I want to work at for very long due to the driving distance. So, is it easier to transfer from a NICU at that hospital to the NICU at the hospital I want to work at, or would it be better to apply at the hospital I want to work at but just not NICU....maybe mother/baby or something? Thanks for any input.

[bargainhound, RN]

Give yourself more time.

You will be exposed to other ideas

and have other thoughts of where

you might want to work as you go

through your classes.

[HappyNurse2005, RN]

having nicu experience would help with a nicu job. go ahead and apply for nicu at the hospital you really want-you might be surprised.

If nicu is really what you want, i'd apply at the other nicu and transfer to yours. your having nicu experience would be a plus when you do apply