Accept the offer from the LTAC or wait on the med-surg interview?

Hi! I'm new to this site and I know this is a post from a while back..but I have a scenario that I need help in. I am a new graduate and just got offered a job at long term acute care hospital. I also have an interview with a nearby hospital in their med-surg unit. At the long term acute care hospital, they have their own ICU and Med-surg...Should I go ahead and accept the offer from the LTAC or wait on the med-surg interview at the nearby?..also, in the future.if I want to work at another hospital, will they consider my LTAC experience as acute care?
Quote from RNT1Hi! I'm new to this site and I know this is a post from a while back..but I have a scenario that I need help in. I am a new graduate and just got offered a job at long term acute care hospital. I also have an interview with a nearby hospital in their med-surg unit. At the long term acute care hospital, they have their own ICU and Med-surg...Should I go ahead and accept the offer from the LTAC or wait on the med-surg interview at the nearby?..also, in the future.if I want to work at another hospital, will they consider my LTAC experience as acute care?
I'm an LPN and LTAC , Kindred in particular, was my first job out of nursing school. I started 3weeks after graduatio nad was the first graduate nurse of any type they had ever hired. It was my job of choice beacuase of the variety of patients you take care of. I wanted to learn as much as I can.I was there for 20months and really learned a lot. Esme12 hit the nail on the head with the type of patients and how busy it is. You have to ask yourself what type of nursing you want to get into. Good luck to you!
I worked at a Kindred as well....
Thank you Esme12 and lycro310 for the post!! Your posts were very helpful. I already accepted the offer at the LTAC since it was more guaranteed than wait on the Med-SUrg interview at the nearby hospital. I'm a new RN and I hope working at the LTAC will be a good choice for me. I do want eventually want to work in the ICU or on a regular Med-Surg unit in a short term acute hospital in the future. Hopefully the transition will be good for me after one year of experience.
I know you already decided, but I thought I'd throw in my two cents... I was a med/surg & tele nurse for two years before deciding to do travel nursing... At the time, in my location the first job I could get was in LTAC. I thought, ugh, LTAC, but in the end I learned so much. I overcame my "fears" of vents, wound care, trachs. I feel alot more comfortable around critically ill and complex patients. I think you will be glad you did it, though it won't be easy!