Hospitals in the Sherman/Denison area

The two major hospitals in Sherman/Denison are Texoma Medical Center (Denison) and Wilson N. Jones (Sherman). Both are good rural hospitals. TMC just broke ground to build a new hospital that should be complete in late 2009 or early 2010.
The pay there is slightly lower than the pay in the metroplex. For a new graduate, the pay is a lot less. I was told by nurses working there if you work PRN the pay is a lot better.
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Oh and the people in the area are extremely nice and the area is growing rapidly!

I live in Mckinney but I work at WNJ in Sherman. I graduated from UTA Spring 07 and I was use to clinicals at the bigger hospitals in Dallas, Ft. Worth and I really didn't know what to expect at WNJ. It is a small hospital but I like it. My co-workers are helpful and supportive. Most of the patients have lived there forever and they usually are very sweet. Large elderly population in the area. The drive is not bad because you don't have to worry about the Dallas traffic. It use to take me 2hrs for a 45 minute drive heading to Arlington. What area do you want to work in? Don't let the small town fool you...I am originally from New Orleans (21 years) and I love working out there. Sorry I can't say much about living out there.

I work at TMC and I don't know a lot about WNJ but I certainly wouldn't call them rural hospitals! TMC is a fairly advanced hospital and we don't do a whole lot that they can't do in Dallas. We send very few cases south, in most instances the ones we do send south are burns, traumatic head injuries, MVA w/extensive traumas etc. That's not a rural hospital!

I'm sure the pay is less than it is in the metro plex but so is the cost of living as well as the stress, time away from home commuting etc. I think WNJ's starting wage of $16.75 (last year) is insulting even to new nurses. At TMC last year they were starting new grads out at $18.25 but we got a hefty raise a few months ago and without shift diffs, unit bonuses etc, their new starting wage is about $21.00 hr. With diffs/bonuses I make around $25.00 hr.

Both hospitals are great and both have their problems, but I don't think that is any different than anywhere else. I love the people I work with, there are a few that I don't think belong in critical care, but I still like them, and I've only had 1 nurse treat me like crap.

My daughter lives in Sherman, & works at TMC ....she loves it!

I meant to say that there isn't a whole lot they do in Dallas that we can't do here!