should i take job offer?

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  1. what would you do if you were in my position?

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      take the offer at hospital #1, commit for the two years and then transfer after regardless of inconvenience of location
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      wait to get offer at dream hospital

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Hi everyone, I'm a new Grad RN. And I recently got a job offer at a hospital for a telemetry floor. It sounds like an amazing opportunity to learn, however this hospital is a little over two hours commute by public transportation for me, which means I'd probably have to buy a car to get there (reducing commute to 1 hour) , which means more expenses from having a car, plus may i also mention that i'm not comfortable driving yet since i've never practiced driving after getting my license three years ago. i'd have to learn to drive again in a short amount of time if i do plan to work at this hospital. and the pay is not very competitive compared to the pay in the city NYC. Also, if i do accept this job offer, I'd have to sign commitment for minimum of two years.

On the other hand, I've been working as a volunteer at my dream hospital, I just transferred to volunteer in another unit which has given me the opportunity to meet and work with the Nurse manager who seems very nice, and I have heard that other three volunteers got recently hired through this manager. I spoke to the nurse manager, and she advised me to apply to this hospital and prepare my resume and cover letter, however, i'm sure i'd still have to volunteer for another 3-6 months before i even get a chance to get hired by the manager since i just started this volunteer position. The reasons why this is my dream hospital is because this hospital is a very short commute to me by public transportation (approx 40 minutes) and considerably more competitive pay. I am 100% sure that if i decide to stay volunteering here, I'll work really hard to impress the manager. I know this hospital hires a lot of new grads, and many former students from my school got their first RN job here at this hospital, including my best friend who just started, and will be able to recommend me in the future.

My third plan, if all of the above fail, I will end up working as a home health nurse, since I know someone who works for a home health agency and has already practically offered me the job if i want it. The pay would be about the same as the first hospital i mentioned, and the commute would just be 20-30 minutes by public transportation.

So my concern is: should i risk rejecting the offer from hospital #1 in the hopes of getting an offer from my dream hospital in the future?

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