Memphis Area Job Outlook - Page 2

Hmmm.. I have also found it difficult to find a ton of luck with job hunting in Memphis. I live in Minnesota right now with the hubs but his job is relocating down to Memphis in November so I have been looking and applying everywhere. I did interview and get an offer at St. Francis but my true love is in Peds or the NICU so I am waiting out on Le Bonheur.. It is so hard to make such huge decisions right out of nursing school, though I know I am lucky to have received an offer. I just don't know if I will be able to last 18 wks and then the 2-year contract in an area that I don't feel meant to be in.. However, I know the Versant RN Residency is very prestigious, too many decisions!!!!! :-O

Do not work at St. Francis- Park. I spent the last eight months there for clinical and it was a horrible experience. The nurse to patient ratio on the floor I was on was sometimes as high as 9 to 1. The nurses there are leaving left and right due to how bad it is.

It's like that everywhere. All of the facilities go through these cycles. All the nurses leave one hospital and go to another and it ends that hospital's staffing crisis temporarily.

Just be realistic in your expectations. Remember that you're a warm body with a nursing license. Find somewhere you can see yourself tolerating it won't be perfect anywhere you are. There is no greener grass....it's just different grass.

Hi,

I have some questions, I will be relocating to Memphis after nursing school. My fiance's job has been relocated to the memphis area. A little bit about myself, I'm completing the accelerated BSN program in VA. Prior to nursing school I got a BS in public health, and Masters in infection control. My question is what hospitals should I apply to, and when should I start looking/applying? I appreciate any help!

I couldn't disagree more. I'm not looking for perfection, either. But I won't put my patients or my license at risk by working in unsafe conditions.

An 8:1 or 9:1 patient ratio for a new grad nurse means the hospital cares more about revenue than they do about patient safety. That hospital also doesn't care about their employees either, because expecting a new grad nurse to take on 8:1 or more patients is just asking for the kind of nursing error that can cost you your hard-earned license.

And it's not like the hospital doesn't have a choice. They can admit fewer patients when they don't have enough nurses to staff the unit (but that limits revenue), or they can hire travel nurses to fill in for staff vacancies (but that costs money), or they can raise nurses salaries to attract more nurses to their hospital (but that costs money too).

I was called by a recruiter today from a Memphis hospital to set up an in-person interview. Once I heard about their nurse-patient ratio, I told the nurse recruiter that I wasn't interested in working for a hospital with a nurse-patient ratio that is unsafe practice for a new grad nurse. End of interview.