[LilBoo]

Hey, Anyone out there from Springfield, Mass? I am Graduating w/ My RN In May, and I'm going to try and get a Job at Baystate Hospital. Just looking for a Lil' Info from some People! I'm extremely anxious! Thanks Alot : )

[Silverdragon102]

Hi and welcome to the site, Have you tried doing a search and see what has already been written on the hospital?

[Susan863]

LilBoo, I am currently just a student, but I was a patient at Baystate unexpectedly last summer when my pregnancy turned high-risk; my baby was then in the NICU there for a month. Not sure that the patient perspective is what you are looking for, but wanted to say that I was so impressed with the nurses that I wrote a letter praising them to the admin, and I started to serious look at a career change to nursing myself. Good luck with your search and decision-making!

[StudentNurseSteph]

Originally Posted by Susan863

LilBoo, I am currently just a student, but I was a patient at Baystate unexpectedly last summer when my pregnancy turned high-risk; my baby was then in the NICU there for a month. Not sure that the patient perspective is what you are looking for, but wanted to say that I was so impressed with the nurses that I wrote a letter praising them to the admin, and I started to serious look at a career change to nursing myself. Good luck with your search and decision-making!

Unfortunately, I just found out yesterday baystate is not hiring any new grads (may 08) into the NICU because they are fully staffed and there are no plans of anyone leaving

[Shopgirl1]

Hi there,
I did all of my clinicals at Baystate Medical Center when I was in nursing school. It's a level 1 trauma center (meaning they get the worst of the worst in Western MA) with all major surgeries medical procedures occuring there. I would say there is about 700 beds so it's very big. It's a teaching hopsital, the western campus for Tuft University, so expect there to be med students, residents, nursing students, ect.
I had a great experience and it is a great hospital to work at, however decided to move to another part of the state to persue my nursing career. Hope that helps.
Shopgirl