Hello! I am trying to decide between two very different jobs/job offers and interested in any input. I received an offer at a level II NICU in a rural hospital which I was really excited about, but while waiting to hear back I took some other interviews, and unexpectedly got an offer at a clinical decision unit/emergency obs in an inner-city hospital. I have a wide array of interests as a new grad, top interests being critical care & peds/nicu as well as emergency.
The pay at the city hospital is significantly better (like $10k/year) and there's a sign-on bonus as well as help paying off student loans (10k over 2 years).
I guess one of my main concerns is how much CDU really is a good place to be, if my main interests are critical care & emergency, if the "stepping stone" idea is kind of a myth. But then again, level 2 nicu also isn't high acuity, so maybe either job would just be a stepping stone.