Which would you take: Day shift on Med-Surg unit or Night shift in dream job?

[Seastar135]

Hi, I have an infant that required me to put my nursing career on hold, but I'm finally ready to look for jobs. I started to apply to a few new grad positions and received several offers. It has always been a dream of mine to be a Cardiac Pediatric Nurse. I currently work at a Children's hospital in the cardiac unit and have applied to their new grad program. I feel like I have a decent chance of getting an offer there since I know the people and the unit layout. It'll be another couple of weeks before they start interviewing. However, I've always been apprehensive about putting all my eggs in one basket, so I applied to several other hospitals just in case. My back up hospitals have already interviewed me and extended offers. One of the offers is with a pretty big organization. They have offered me a day position on their med-surg unit. The thought of giving up my dream to be a Cardiac Pediatric Nurse breaks my heart, but then again, I am not guaranteed a spot in the new grad program at the Children's Hospital. The offer that has been extended to be is guaranteed and is rather generous. if I turn down this offer and end up not getting an offer from my current work place, I basically would have shot myself in the foot.

Which would you choose: Day med surg position or night dream job position?

[emtqro88]

Take the dream job. If you hate nights, just stick it out for a year or two then you should be able to easily transition into days, or travel as an RN. If you have an opportunity to work the dream job take it, don´t let it pass by. Getting out of another job into the dream job may prove more difficult than you think, that has been my case anyway.

[wildnursebrendan]

I still have 16 months until this decision but when that time comes I will be gambling and not settling for med-surg because I want ICU. I say go for it. But yea like the other person said, how much of a gambler are you? You can definitely transition from med surg to ICU at a later point.