2 job offers need help deciding

[uofi15]

I am a new grad RN and have two job offers and I need some help deciding which one is better for my overall career goal. I would like to eventually transition to an ICU and then return to school in a CRNA program. The two positions have similar pay but are at two different hospitals. One hospital is a large trauma 1 facility and the other is a medium size regional hospital. The position at the level 1 hospital is a general medicine floor that does not have any nurse assistants. When shadowing there the nurse I was following told me she did not like working there. The position at the medium size hospital is on a neurology-neurosurgical floor. Both places would offer advancement to an ICU evenutally (after a year at the large hospital would be eligible to apply for transfers, and after 6 months at the smaller facility eligible to apply for transfers). I guess my question is which offers me the best experience and would give me the edge when applying to CRNA school? Is it worth it to work a year on a floor that the nurses told me they do not like to get more experience do to the fact it is a bigger hospital and therefore would then be a bigger ICU or should I work on a floor in a more specialized area and gain that experience and transition to their ICU?

[CrufflerJJ, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

i am a new grad rn and have two job offers and i need some help deciding which one is better for my overall career goal. i would like to eventually transition to an icu and then return to school in a crna program. the two positions have similar pay but are at two different hospitals. one hospital is a large trauma 1 facility and the other is a medium size regional hospital. the position at the level 1 hospital is a general medicine floor that does not have any nurse assistants. when shadowing there the nurse i was following told me she did not like working there. the position at the medium size hospital is on a neurology-neurosurgical floor. both places would offer advancement to an icu evenutally (after a year at the large hospital would be eligible to apply for transfers, and after 6 months at the smaller facility eligible to apply for transfers). i guess my question is which offers me the best experience and would give me the edge when applying to crna school? is it worth it to work a year on a floor that the nurses told me they do not like to get more experience do to the fact it is a bigger hospital and therefore would then be a bigger icu or should i work on a floor in a more specialized area and gain that experience and transition to their icu?

i do know that some crna programs prefer candidates from larger hospital icus, and the icu in a level 1 trauma hospital would definitely look better than a small icu in a smaller hospital.

i suspect it would depend on where you want to do your crna training, and the preferences of that program's director.

you may wish to post your question in the crna specific forum for feedback from crna/srna folks.

most importantly - congrats on having two job offers. given the current state of our economy, that's got to be pretty rare nowadays.