KY~IN RNs: Respond or I'll Go Insane

Repat · Jul 30, 2003

I have heard Baptist East in Louisville is good. They don't have a lot of incentives being offered for new hires, which always makes me think that it must be a good place to work because they don't have a problem filling positions. I also know several people who work there, and they are always trying to get me to move over!

sjoe · Jul 30, 2003

"KY~IN RNs: Respond or I'll Go Insane"

Seems to be too late.

"They don't have a lot of incentives being offered for new hires, which always makes me think that it must be a good place to work because they don't have a problem filling positions."

Hiring incentives are offered ONLY if:

a) a facility recognizes it has a problem and

b) it is actually trying to correct it.

They are not offered if:

a) a facility has a hiring problem but has its head in the sand about it,

b) a facility recognizes it has a hiring problem but doesn't do anything about it,

c) a facility recognizes it has a hiring problem and is trying to solve it by means other than hiring incentives, OR

d) a facility doesn't have a hiring problem.

Repat · Jul 30, 2003

Yes, sjoe, but I did add that several people who already work there have encouraged me to apply there, which is another part of the picture!

MrsK1223 · Aug 10, 2003

I'd like to know the answer to that question myself. When I was first graduating from nursing school, a recruiter from a Louisville hopsital was offering a $12,000 sign on bonus...I ran as fast as I could.

Ann42 · Aug 10, 2003

Hello fellow Kentuckians! I can't answer Shezam's question. Just wanted to say hello. :-)

I have three years to think about where I'm going to work. I already know that it HAS to be local though. I'm married with three daughters and a mortgage.

CougRN · Aug 10, 2003

Try UK. I hear they have a good hospital and it is a teaching facility. Also, the U of Louisville hospital (forgot the name) is a good facility. Just some of the ones I know of.

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · Aug 10, 2003

I've heard St. Elizabeth is good and a magnet hospital--one in Covington area.