Re: IHS - Best Reservation Originally Posted by dreamer44az
Most of the people at the hospital are just wonderful. But things are getting very bad in the Admin part of the hospital. CEO, at this time, contract not renewed. Head of Housing and Security let go for some "Un-Ethical" things. Vist this website for information on what they have done to others, and are doing to us. They should really stress this fact to people planning or thinking about coming to work here. If you are non Native, you practicly have no rights on the Rezervation.
http://tubacitynursing.viviti.com/ . It is not trashing the hospital, nor any one person. Just some facts on what you might run into here.
That website has been deactivated.
I did clinicals in Zuni, NM in the spring of 1994. I only lived there 2 months but it was a very interesting experience for me. No way would I want to go there now because gangs came into the area a few years later.
You aren't limited to the Southwest, BTW. There are facilities in the Midwest, Plains, Pacific Northwest, and much of the Alaska Native health care is provided by the IHS. One of my preceptors at Zuni had a choice between Zuni and Kotzebue, Alaska. I'm pretty sure he still lives in Zuni.
The pay isn't quite what it is in the "civilian" world (at the time, the pay for pharmacists was about 2/3 of what it was in the private sector) but the benefit package is very good and includes housing and meal allowance, since you are paramilitary, and you can shop at a PX as well. Lots of people who worked at the hospital picked up perishables in Zuni or Gallup if they went there (40 miles away), and drove 2 1/2 hours to Albuquerque once a month or so for their bulk shopping.
Be prepared, no matter where you end up, to see people who still live in Third World conditions.
Since you asked about housing, it was provided free for students but my classmates who went to Santa Fe had to find and pay for their own. What's available will vary widely from town to town, just like any other area.
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