northeast mississippi

NurseKay2006 · Aug 8, 2003

I see some of you left Mississippi to practice in other southern states, I was just curious to why some of you chose to leave MS to practice nursing?

Is the health care system/job market that bad for MS nurses?

ST_NURSE_MLD · Aug 9, 2003

I really have no idea about staffing or job market for nursing. I'm still a student. However, I have heard that things aren't that bad. They need nurses just like everyone else does....

Ortho_RN · Aug 9, 2003

Nah, we left MS due to my hubby getting a GREAT job offer in Arkansas when he graduated from MSU... I wasn't even a nursing student then... I didn't start nursing school until we had lived here for a year and then I decided to go back..

NurseKay2006 · Aug 9, 2003

Thanks for your resopnse

ST_NURSE_MLD: What school do you go to?

jgreenlady · Aug 9, 2003

I also know little about nursing salaries or conditions in Mississippi. I left Mississippi as a dialysis equipment tech in 1991 for a better position(more money) in Arkansas(Memphis Area). I worked in dialysis for about 23 years at various positions , the last 10yrs with a major provider. I finally realized that nurses seem to be the only ones that get any respect in the dialysis field. (But, that's another story). I do know that generally the 3 state area around Memphis, TN, in Tennessee, Arkansas & Mississippi within approx a 50 mile radius seems to benefit, salary wise, because of Memphis being a mega-medical city with a high demand for nurses & comparably high salaries . I believe nurses in the remainder of Arkansas, with the exception of the Little Rock area, are probably not paid as well.

ST_NURSE_MLD · Aug 10, 2003

Hi NurseKay,

I'm from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.. How about you?

Burnt Out, ASN, RN · Aug 10, 2003

Originally posted by NurseKay2006
I see some of you left Mississippi to practice in other southern states, I was just curious to why some of you chose to leave MS to practice nursing?

Is the health care system/job market that bad for MS nurses?

Hey NurseKay,

When I graduated from nursing school, the job market in North MS was kind of tight, so I went to AL. A couple of months after starting my job in Alabama-they had PLENTY of jobs in MS then..... :rolleyes: :chuckle ...Oh well.......

NurseKay2006 · Aug 10, 2003

I am at Copiah Lincoln Community College (Wesson).

NurseKay2006 · Aug 10, 2003

Hi burntout, Go figure something like that would happen. Do you plan on moving back to Mississippi or no way?

MandyInMS · Aug 10, 2003

Heyyyyyyy Ya'lllllllllll !!! Central Mississippi here :)

NurseKay2006 · Aug 10, 2003

Hey Mandy!

MandyInMS · Aug 10, 2003

Hiyas Kay :) ..edited my previous post...got to thinking..ahhhh what if somebody reads this is KNOWS me..lmaooo...some things I post here are personal..can't have folks knowing who the psycho nurse from XXX Ms is....hehe