Fort Worth

nicudaynurse · Sep 21, 2003

Harris Methodist is a good hospital and if you work with kids then Cooks Childrens is a great hospital. There are a lot more hospitals in Ft. Worth and in the mid-cities. There are A LOT of hospitals in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I think that there are more than 100 of them. You may want to call the city or check out the website and you could probably get a list of hospitals and you could then check out their websites.

Hope that helps!

NsgTiger · Sep 21, 2003

Thanks for the info! I know there are a ton of hospitals in the area. The problem is that all of the recruiters make their facility sound like the greatest place ever. :rolleyes: I don't much but I know better than to buy that! I am just trying to get info from people's personal experiences.

mattsmom81 · Sep 24, 2003

Your question is quite general. Start with YOUR preferences.

Do you like a huge teaching facility?

Then consider Osteopathic in Fort Worth...or the big teaching hospitals in Dallas affiliated with the medical school.

Do you like a smaller community hospital setting? Lots of midcities facilities to look at...and some of these are offshoots of the Baylor or Harris systems.

Do you dislike the $$ mindset of the giant corporate chains? Then you may wish to look at this...HCA owns quite a few hospitals here and these may not be your choices.

A nice way to check out an area is to take a short term travel assignment there first, IMHO. Perdiem work and contract work is very popular in this area...we have lots of both at my facility.

Once you iron out a few of the above basics, then move to what kind of management/work environment you thrive in...and make sure you address this in the interview so you can get a feel for the place. Clicking with the boss is a biggy for me when I consider a new job, but coworkers are a bigger issue for some nurses. Know thyself and act accordingly.

Good luck and feel free to PM me.. if I can give you more details I will. :)

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Oct 2, 2003

I like the dollar mindset of HCA, as long as they keep putting it in my pocket anyway. Ive been with HCA for 16 yrs now

brendaaron2000 · Oct 6, 2003

As I said..Harris Or childrens would be a good place to work here in fort worth...Now that Ive helped...hopefully....maybe you can help me...exactly what is the difference in just a normal assoc degree in nursing and a bsn/ except the college hours are there any special field that one can work and the other can't or maybe a difference in pay?:imbar

misty_dawn · Nov 13, 2010

I'm moving to Ft Worth too, early next year. Good question that you asked since I need to know as well. I have almost 3 years experience and am hoping to land a good job, just dont know which hospitals are good as well. I specialize in L&D and PACU most recently. Its hard making a decision on where to work when you have never been to the city, let alone the state. Kind of scary.

Misty