msha or wellmont?

Thanks for the info. Is there anything in particular you like about JCMC, TNNurseCCM? I haven't done any clinicals there, but it did seem nice the one time I visited. It's a teaching hospital, isn't it? (Is Holston Valley a teaching hospital, too?) Does anybody have any idea what the nurse-patient ratios are on the med-surg floors at these hospitals? The The Tri-Cities area is so nice with the mountains close by and the generally friendly people. It would be great to find a good hospital there, too. I plan to talk to nurse recruiters at both hospitals, but the unofficial insider view is generally more of the unvarnished truth...

Are there any pro-Holston Valley people out there?

I would definitely go to MSHA!
My wife just started and they put 70 people in this 2 month course where they treat you like 2 year olds!
Apparently you have to accumulate points over the course of the program in order to be "considered" for a job. They take points off for using the bathroom for crying out loud!
None of this information was given up front and people have given up REAL jobs to be subjected to a constant flow of lies and deception. I am surprised they havent been contacted by the labor board yet!!!
my suggestion is to stay well clear of WELLMONT!!! Especially Kingsport, TN.

I was on the Wellmont Cardiac Step Down Unit in Kingsport and only stayed 3 weeks. They spoke poorly of the patients at the desk where visitors could hear, put the hard working RN's down right in front of their face. I got yelled at for going to the charge nurse and suggesting a patient go to ICU. The patient died before 7 pm. The comment that sticks in my head was, "He was just an old alcoholic." My father is an old alcoholic that does not drink any more and I nearly cried. Passive aggressive behavior was horrible. I transferred off that unit and I am on Med Surg now and the patient to nurse ratio is 8:1 and at MSHA it is 5:1. I start at MSHA Nov 2nd and I will let you know what it is like there. Hoping for much better!

Willow RN since 1984