Lozzie

This is what I was thinking. But I also have a new grad position interview waiting for me in a few months in NICU which I'm more interested in but due to regulations, I can't have any clinical experience whatsoever. But I'm afraid of if I wait till that point and don't get the job, then it would be for nothing. At the same time however, if I work this job, it's a year commitment and I wouldn't be getting any NICU or pediatric experience. Would it be possible to still get a job for pediatric position even after?

I was thinking about doing this but I was told about that it would take a year commitment. I guess they can't necessarily just keep me but my other new grad opportunity I have waiting down the line requires I have minimum 0 experience. That's why I'm not sure still.

I'm in a dilemma currently in which, as a new grad, I've been applying to every hospital I possibly could for any positions available when new grad offerings are open, but I've had no luck getting an interview with any place I've applied for. I've managed to get a couple interviews but only due to a hiring event or special circumstances in which someone had withdrawn from a priority based system. Even then, I haven't heard back from these places so thus I never got the job. However, an opportunity came up recent from a friend who knows a friend that could get me into a hospital but, after doing much research, it turns out, this place is not just unsafe, but has a reputation in the entire country for underperforming in infection control, safety, practices to prevent errors, evidence-based practice, lack of staff communication along with infighting and backstabbing. Should I still go for it because it's the only offer I have at this point? I've been at this for half a year now with no dice.