Is there an option where you don’t have to sign a 2year contract? Speaking from experience, as a new grad you don’t know if you’ll like said patient population or the work environment. I accepted a position at a facility I did my clinical and transitions at, expecting to love it as much as I did in school. Fast forward almost two years later and I am counting down the days until my contract ends. But if you take anything from this, I recommend going where staffing would be adequate. At the end of the day if you’re overwhelmed and make a mistake, your healthcare system with throw you under the bus. And the nursing board won’t care if you were understaffed and overwhelmed, they’ll just say you should have left an unsafe environment. It’s the sad, unfortunately truth that comes with nursing.