Should I take this position? I really would rather be in OR or ICU but was offered a med surg position instead with the promise I could cross train

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It’s at a smaller hospital where I would get paid 15k a year more than I do now on a med surg unit. They promise me I can cross train to ICU and that will set me up to work in cath lab eventually.

I would really want to eventually work in OR or cath lab and be a travel nurse. I currently get paid poorly at my job and there’s not a good unit culture.

I don’t know if I should take this position. I want to travel nurse before I have a child and save up. I am 25 and currently work in a stepdown where the ratio is 1:4 and their ratios are 1:5-6

I dunno if the whole line “we can train you in other areas” is just a line. My current hospital said I could do that but there’s no opening.

Should I travel or live here and be with my boyfriend and take the higher paying job at a smaller hospital with the potential to train me in cath lab. My current facility has 400 beds and the new one has 75.

Will a smaller facility be an advantage or disadvantage in my career?

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