To take a rehab/SNF RN job or wait it out for acute care in Sacramento... UGH! What to do

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I am a new grad RN with both my ADN and now my BSN. I am in the Sacramento area and am not finding any new grad positions with the exception of new grad programs which are highly competitive. I have been turned down for over 30 new grad residency positions and over 80 "experience preferred" positions in everything from home health/hospice to med-surg. I have been offered a post-acute rehab facility positions and a psychiatric facility position but can't seem to decide whether to stick it out longer and try for the acute care setting or not. I am certain I am not the only one that has been in this position. Any advice out there would be really appreciated.

I have worked in SNF type settings and I thought it was a disaster for me and potentially my license. If you arenmaking a good living with your business and can afford to wait a little longer, then wait. I used to believe that you should take any job you can get but with that mentality I ended up making rash and panicked decisions. Psychiatry isn't bad though and if you get evening or day hours it is good.

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