Anyone know anything about these central fl hospitals?

Preeps · Mar 31, 2013

South Lake is in Clermont and is part of Orlando Health. I have heard the doctors in this hospital are not the best and hard to work with. It is very small and newer. I have also heard the patients have a lot of complaints but I have spoken to some nurses who seem to like it OK.

Health South is in a not so great area and some nurses say they fear for their license. I would stay away from Select. Not sure about the other ones.

CP2013 · Apr 1, 2013

Lakeland is new grad friendly - they really want BSN grads but still take ADN. Not sure about any of your other inquiries.

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FDW630 · Apr 1, 2013

Winter Haven is also new grad friendly. My school does clinicals at both, and they are both well-liked among the students. Can't say anything for the wages, but I have several good friends who really enjoy working at Winter Haven. Lakeland is the only trauma center in the area, so that has draw too.

ukjenn231 · Apr 2, 2013

I worked at Select Specialty in Orlando (both campuses) as a traveler.

As you probably know, it's an LTAC. Most of the patients are on vents with trachs, PEGs, PICC lines, complex wounds. The ratio was usually 5:1, I think. RT manages the trachs and vents. There are techs and PT, OT, speech, etc. If I can remember, there were strange rules such as techs don't do accu checks or the first vitals of the shift. When I worked there in 2011, it was all paper charting and MARs.

It's very strict on getting patients up and moving every day. The patient as you can imagine are a very heavy load, but it's not impossible. I actually learned a lot while there, but I don't know how long I would want to work there. I personally didn't like the DON and was glad for my 13 weeks to be up.

tua42321 · Apr 2, 2013

Thank you everyone for your input...it helps a lot!!! More tidbits are welcome! :))