San Diego Hospitals

NurseShell · Jan 3, 2003

Hey! That's my neck of the woods!!

OK area hospitals:

Sharp Healthcare:

*Sharp Memorial

*Sharp Grossmont

*Sharp Chula Vista

*Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

*Sharp Mesa Vista (pysch hosp)

Scripps:

*Memorial

*Green

*Scripps Mercy

UCSD Medical Center

Palomar/Pomerado Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente

I'm not sure if there are more...probably are....I am personally partial to Sharp Healthcare (used to work there, mother worked there, grandmother worked there). I have a friend who works in HR at Palomar/Pomerado let me know if you need anything else! :)

prmenrs, RN · Jan 3, 2003

I spent 34 years working @ UCSD/Hillcrest (there's another one in LaJolla), ~ 22 in NICU.

MAKE SURE wherever you go and whatever unit you decide to work on has an EXCELLENT orientation/preceptor program. It is absolutely critical that new nurses get a good start!!!

finallyRN · Jan 3, 2003

Tri-city is also in San diego. Maybe it was intentianlly left off the list.

chloedancer · Jan 3, 2003

Thanks for all the San Diego Hospital info. And yes an excellent preceptorship/orientaion I believe is key for a new grad, but how does one know which preceptorship/orientation is the best? Is it based on the length of the program? Anyway, thanks for all the helpful responses.

NurseShell · Jan 3, 2003

nope...not intentionally left off...just listing those that popped into my head...sorry, no offense?!?!

fergus51 · Jan 3, 2003

Have you looked at their websites to compare their programs? I think the most important thing in an orientation is flexibility, as well as length of time and formal class work in addition to the clinical.

I got their websites from http://www.hospitalsoup.com and clicking on US hospitals, then putting in San Diego.