Any one familiar with either facility

[CrazyNurseIrene]

Any one familar with sierra view in Porterville Ca.. or Enloe medical center in Chico Ca.. would appreciate anyones input good or bad. I am an RN with around 18 mos exp in Med surg...that is where I have been offered positions...Please help..

Thanks:)

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Any one familar with sierra view in Porterville Ca.. or Enloe medical center in Chico Ca.. would appreciate anyones input good or bad. I am an RN with around 18 mos exp in Med surg...that is where I have been offered positions...Please help..

Thanks:)

All I know is that Porterville has a lower cost of living than Chico, which happens to be a major university town (California State University, Chico).

[lunakat]

I live near Porterville and have had a couple of clinical exp. at sierra view. It is a very nice hospital. The third floor is dedicated to valley children's, nurses are employed by valley kids (the actual hospital is a little North of Fresno). It is a small hospital but they are all very nice. They are desperate for nurses. They tried to recruit us when we were there (only 2nd semester students at the time). The area is very pretty as it is up against the mountains. There are several hospitals in the are such as Tulare District (Tulare), Kaweah Delta (Visalia), HCMC(Hanford). Plenty of opportunities in the area.