Moving to Denver in 2014, Needs Help with Hospitals, Pay, Etc

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Hey guys I'm an RN in Little Rock, AR who's moving to Denver next year (2014). I've got a year of Telemetry experience and (when I move) a year of CVICU experience. I'm looking for advice on the following and would very much appreciate whatever you guys can help me with.

1. General reputations of the metro area hospitals. I'm looking to continue ICU, specifically CVICU, and want to know what units/hospitals have good and bad reps.

2. Pay? What would an RN with my experience level be looking to make? Do your area hospitals to signing bonuses? What's the night and weekend shift diff for you guys?

3. Benefits? The current hospital (owned by Catholic Health Initiatives) pays it's employees a 20% bonus on their base rate if they pay their own insurance. I do it now as I'm a single male with no kids, it's a nice pay bump for me. Do hospitals in Denver do this?

4. Areas of the city to live? Reasonable rent? Utilities? As I said I'm a single guy, 29, and obviously I'm curious about fun parts of Denver and good places to live. The times I've been up there, I've loved the 16th street mall, Cap Hill, Lodo, etc. Any tips on rent, good/safe areas, and utilities would be a big help. I'm a plan ahead kind of person and the uncertainty of all this is bothering me.

5. Any tips you guys have on stuff I'm not asking. Again thanks for those who reply, definitely want to say thanks for any help you can provide. Excited for the move, but wanting to get a handle on what expect in relation to the above questions. Thanks again guys.

There sign on bonuses available in Denver if you are an experienced OR nurse, one states on their website 15,000. Wow!

That's nice, thanks for the heads up. Wouldn't be interested in OR, but interesting nonetheless. Does anybody have a good general idea of what an ICU RN with a couple of years of experience would expect to make? Also how easy is it for you guys to pick up extra shifts if you want to?

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I'm moving to Denver in a couple months and I am getting a 5k sign on bonus plus a 5k moving relocation bonus. And a 5k bonus at the end of my second year. So they are out there.

I did take a dollar paycut to move out there though. Which I had to fight for. Their offer was a three dollar paycut.

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I'm moving to Denver in a couple months and I am getting a 5k sign on bonus plus a 5k moving relocation bonus. And a 5k bonus at the end of my second year. So they are out there. I did take a dollar paycut to move out there though. Which I had to fight for. Their offer was a three dollar paycut.

What hospital if you don't mind me asking?

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Specializes in Oncology, Med-Surg.

Sign- on bonuses are red flags to me.

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

$10 says it's Swedish offering the bonus!

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I just went pool (what I think some of you guys are calling flex). Big pay bump to help save up money for the move next year. Anybody want to share how hard it is to pick up extra shifts. Thinking about doing pool when I move. As long as it's not too hard to get my shifts, it'd be to get to pick my shifts and have longer periods off to have fun in the great outdoors. Still trying to decide b\w doing a pool job when I first move out there or trying to get a pool or staff job to start.

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