Does anyone know which hospitals are good to work in as a new grad?

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Does anyone know which MI hospitals are good to work in as a new grad? Also which MI hospitals have new grad programs. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Any hospital that will provide a thorough orientation to a new grad.

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Specializes in L&D.

Are you talking West MI, or East? Or North?

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Specializes in Cardiac Tele, MICU RN.

I work for Henry Ford, and I found that they have one of the best orientations from nurse externs to nurse graduates. It was very organized, thorough, and professional. I can compare because I started at Henry Ford as a nurse extern to work in the PACU--awesome experience, and then I left after graduation (personal reasons) to work at St. John, plus they offered more money. But St. John's has nurse graduate internship which was informative, but very unorganized and the hours of classroom was exhausting. I remain contingent at St. John's because I think it is a very good hospital and I like the system they have, but Henry Ford has the best orientation and I will remain full-time there because they have a good system also and great benefits. :twocents:

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Specializes in Emergency.

With the economy anyplace one can get a job might be the best place. I just left an ER for example that was fully staffed. It was anticipated to have 7 nurse care techs who were due to graduate in May to not have positions at that time after having endless openings for years.

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Specializes in Tele, Med-Surg, MICU.

I would go to a BIG hospital - they tend to have the most resources. Henry Ford, St. John, or Beaumont. Children's has been written up nationally for their excellent nurse orientation, if you are interested in peds.

In my experience the smaller hospitals don't have the support for new nurses that the bigger ones do.

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I work at U of M and thought they had an excellent program....plus, you can't beat the nurse to pt ratio. I do however feel they pay less than other places, but they do have a great retirement pkg. I choose to stay because I really don't want two extra pts than what I currently have.

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Specializes in critical care.

I went to Oakwood as a new grad and was VERY happy.....

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I plan on working at Henry Ford Hospital due to my obligatory committment, but I'm really glad I had a chance to see that it is actually an awesome system to work for. They are an excellent teaching hospital, and they take good care of their employees. I'm currently working at the new West Bloomfield location (which is awwwwwsome) and I'll probably stay there on a GPU for 6 mos and transfer to an ICU downtown fulltime but remain contingent at West Bloomfield. I feel that I'd receive more of a challenge downtown.

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

You would definately see things downtown that you won't normally see in West Bloomfield.

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