Bayfront Health

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I'm looking into applying at Bayfront Health in Punta Gorda and/or Port Charlotte. I currently live in WI, but hope to move to FL soon (this winter has really been brutal). I was posting on a different forum and had mentioned that I was thinking about applying at these two locations. Someone that responded said her husband was a RN at the Port Charlotte location and that he was looking for a different job since the recent take over of the health system. She said there were wage cuts and PTO cuts. She came across extremely bitter about the situation and no one else responded to her comments.

My question is, does anyone work there or know anyone that works there and how do they feel about the place. I would love to get into a hospital in FL and want to stay fairly close to the Fort Myers area. I've looked into Lee Memorial hospitals but have discovered they don't like to hire those without hospital experience, except into their internship program. Living in WI I don't have much of a shot at getting into that program (I've tried, multiple times). I have 1 year of LTC experience and 2 years home health, neither of which seem to help me much while trying to get into a hospital.

So any information on the Bayfront hospitals would be greatly appreciated.:up:

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Specializes in NICU.

I did clinicals at Bay Front PC and it was absolutely horrible. The nurses, the admin, the hospital pretty much everything. They still do paper charting. The patient to nurse ratio is always 6:1 making everyone miserable. I've heard a lot of talk about nurses leaving so, he could probably get a job- unclear how happy he'll be though.

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I think I will stay clear of Bayfront in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda. I was told the other locations weren't bad...Tampa, St. Pete, etc. I'm pretty certain I'm going to have to look a little further than I originally wanted to from Fort Myers. Oh well, things change.

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Specializes in NICU.

Lee is a fabulous system. I personally want to work there after graduation, they have a good internship as well :)

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