ER Nursing in Miami-Advice Needed

Honey, I hope you have a job lined up before you get here. Job market is bad even with veteran nurses. Kiss that high New York rate good bye too. Cost of living is high. There is no balance. The hospitals are so-so. I'm not an ER nurse, so I can't gauge that for ya. It will still be a culture shock...I grew up in Providence (I'm Puerto Rican) and had a difficult time adjusting down here. Miami is now one the worst places to start a family too as I "just" found out today. http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-b...-59273797.html. Good luck!

I don't know about jobs, but I lived in Miami for several years. As the other poster said, it's a horrible place to raise a family. It's great to visit, but when you live in paradise, bad things happen. It's crazy expensive and the pay is not good. The public schools are not great either, if you have children. When I found out I was pregnant, we moved back to Michigan. There was no way in hell I was raising my kid there! If you do have to move down there, move to Ft. Lauderdale. It's a little better than Miami, in my opinion. And when you experience your first hurricane, you're really going to wish you were in NY! Good luck!

I have been a nurse since 2001, 3 years Telemetry and 5 years. 2 years ago I started traveling in NYC and have worked in several of the emergency departments in the city. I lived my whole life in Miami and have nothing but good memories. Work there is good, just different. We generally do not function with unions, except for Jackson Memorial Hospital. I know several nurses who have worked in many of the emergency departments. With regards to the best place to work, it really depends on what is important in your practice. If your seeking a busy, teaching ED then I would suggest Jackson Memorial. If you are interested in a more corporate type of atmosphere then I would suggest Baptist Health. Baptist has several hospitals in the area, including Kendall, Homstead, Mariners, South Miami, and many outpatient Urgent Care centers, if that interests you. If you in the Beach area, I would recommend Mt. Sinai, I know many ED nurses and physicians that are happy there. Hope this information helps, I think you will happy there. They sent all my ED Residents down there for there trauma rotation and there have been absolutely no complaints. Good luck, enjoy Miami, I miss it.

Julie RN