Florida Hospital vs. Orlando Regional

duncanRN · Feb 2, 2006

I would definitely recommend FL Hosp. over ORMC. The recruiters at ORMC misrepresented benefits. I do not work at FL Hosp, but several nurses I know do or have and they highly recommend it as a place of employment. But, go on interviews to both places and see which offer you like the best. I interviewed at both places and the benefits were comparable, but FL Hosp. offered .50 cents more an hour. Good luck!

pedinurse05 · Feb 4, 2006

I am a soon to be grad of the BSN program at UF. I definitely want to relocate to Orlando. I would love to work with kids, babies, or women (L&D). I have heard about Arnold Palmer and it seems like the place for me. However, there is not much info on their website about benefits and employment. How do Florida Hospital and Arnold Palmer compare as far as salary, benefits, and job satisfaction? I have more info on Florida Hospital as they regualrly come to UF for the career fairs, but unfortunately, Orlando Regional Health care has not come to the UF Career Fairs. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

I worked for ORMC for a brief time before I moved to California. They do have a pretty good new grad support system. I am now in California and work at a sister facility of Florida hospital (part of the Adventist healthcare system), and I have found the difference to be day and night. I personally think the Adventist health system has a better working environment with more support and better patient ratio's. There are patient ratio laws here in California--but I would think Florida hospital would have a similar environment. I have heard better things about Florida hospital's new grad internship as well. They unfortunately don't have as many peds beds as Arnold Palmer--so this may very well be your deciding factor. I would attend the ORMC new grad fair they put on about twice a year. You can meet with the nurse managers from the various units to get questions answered and fill out applications. Check their web site or call a recruiter for dates on the next one. Also call Florida hospital to get info on there peds residency programs.

Best wishes and congrats on your graduation!

MickeymomRN · Feb 27, 2006

I worked at APH for the past 6years. I also worked at FH East Orlando, Orlando, and Altamonte campuses for about the same time give or take. See my career at FH has some gaps b/c of: department closure, department's inability to work with my disability despite calling me in to help cover partial shifts, and lastly, a team of nurses who established the unit who drove away 99.9% of the new nurses as quoted by the HR department during the exit interview.

Now, to also establish more evidence about my "expert" advice, I also was a patient at both FH and ORMC hospitals since 2001.

Now, my verdict: ORMC is a whole world better as both an employer and healthcare provider. Sadly, I must state that for FH to claim themselves "a Christian organization" it gives Christian's a bad image. I will never work for them ever again.

I just had an interview for a dayshift position that was published in the Orlando Sentinel for FH Winter Park campus. When I spoke to the recruiter on the phone, I made sure that I was interviewing for a day shift position. I was told yes. When I was at the interview, I was then told that I would start on nights until a day shift position would open up. When I asked about the advertised day shift position, I was told that they would be filling that internally. I explicitly told them that I could not take a night shift position and not even 4 hours after my interview, they call me to offer the night shift position and gave me the highest salary possible. Isn't money Satan's tool? I was very annoyed that I wasted my precious time with FH AGAIN!

Please, check out http://www.orlandoregional.com (or org. can't remember which) and see that we will be opening Winnie Palmer Hospital on Mother's Day of this year!! There will be a link for it on this website. It will have ample pediatric beds and also state of the art labor and delivery! If you have any more questions, please, feel free to contact me.

PS- yes, ORMC has an excellent GN and new hire orientation and support system.