Giesinger in Danville

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Just writing to see if there are any past, current, or future students who will be going to Danville for Thomas Jefferson Univ ASN program in Fall 2006. I and a friend were just accepted and will be moving from Michigan in July. If there are any alums or current students I would love to be able to pick your brain about your experiences there to give me a better picture. I would also like to hear from any current RNs who are working at Giesinger to see how they match up to other hospitals you may have worked for. All replies would be appreciated as I am very inexperienced in the field and am eager to draw on the wealth of experience here at the site. Thanks in advance.

M :beer:

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, LTC.

I haven't been in the Danville Geisinger in years, but I did some of my clinicals in the Wilkes-Barre Geisinger. Staff seemed happy and helpful to us. The equipment was new, and plenty of it, and all in working condition. (like a dream come true!) They even had scales built into the beds so you didn't have to get the scarey dangling contraption out (bed scale) to weight the pts that weren't ambulatory. I considered working at that hospital but chose a specialty area that they didn't have. I no longer live in the area now that I work med/surg or I would choose to work there.

I have a friend that I went to nursing school with who works at Geisinger in Danville. She is on the renal transplant floor, and loves it. She graduated in 2003. She is also a wound care nurse. She can't complain about the hospital.

Both hospitals use a Team nursing approach. (AN RN, an LPN, and sometimes a CNA share a group of 10 patients, according to their scope of practice)

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, hopefully someone else will chime in for you.

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I haven't been in the Danville Geisinger in years, but I did some of my clinicals in the Wilkes-Barre Geisinger. Staff seemed happy and helpful to us. The equipment was new, and plenty of it, and all in working condition. (like a dream come true!) They even had scales built into the beds so you didn't have to get the scarey dangling contraption out (bed scale) to weight the pts that weren't ambulatory. I considered working at that hospital but chose a specialty area that they didn't have. I no longer live in the area now that I work med/surg or I would choose to work there.

I have a friend that I went to nursing school with who works at Geisinger in Danville. She is on the renal transplant floor, and loves it. She graduated in 2003. She is also a wound care nurse. She can't complain about the hospital.

Both hospitals use a Team nursing approach. (AN RN, an LPN, and sometimes a CNA share a group of 10 patients, according to their scope of practice)

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, hopefully someone else will chime in for you.

Thank you for the reply. Is that pretty typical, the team nursing approach that is, as far as RN to Px ratio? And if so, is that a difficult ratio to deal with? I know with the shortage many RN's are savagely overworked and I have read threads here that complain of such, but I dont know what a "good" ratio would be. I am hoping that the staff will be helpful during clinicals and not have the "us vs. them" attitude. I am glad to hear your friend likes the hospital, I have heard other good things about it and look forward to seeing it for myself. Is it possible to ask your friend how the RN students are viewed by the full time staff while doing clinicals? I am interested in any info I can suck up. Feel free to PM me also if you would rather, that goes for anyone who has info about Giesinger. Thanks again.

PS. I love the Rottie puppies. I have one myself and he is the best dog ever.

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, LTC.
Thank you for the reply. Is that pretty typical, the team nursing approach that is, as far as RN to Px ratio? And if so, is that a difficult ratio to deal with? I know with the shortage many RN's are savagely overworked and I have read threads here that complain of such, but I dont know what a "good" ratio would be. I am hoping that the staff will be helpful during clinicals and not have the "us vs. them" attitude. I am glad to hear your friend likes the hospital, I have heard other good things about it and look forward to seeing it for myself. Is it possible to ask your friend how the RN students are viewed by the full time staff while doing clinicals? I am interested in any info I can suck up. Feel free to PM me also if you would rather, that goes for anyone who has info about Giesinger. Thanks again.

PS. I love the Rottie puppies. I have one myself and he is the best dog ever.

I think that would be a good ratio for team nursing. Although I have never worked team nursing. I have worked med/surg with well over 10 pts to myself, sharing a CNA with the other nurse, who also had well over 10 pts. So to me, that is an excellent ratio (the last place I worked is horrible!) , but probably average to most places. The geisinger in W-B I did my clinicals in, the staff were extremely helpful. That was on the telemetry unit. I also did some OB clinicals there, but there really aren't too many deliveries there since the opening of the new unit in W-B General Hospital. Its been a few years since I have been to any of the hospitals in that area, so I probably can't help much more. Good luck in school!

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Hi there!

My daughter is going there in the fall. I will tell her to post. We live about 100 miles away and she is a little nervous about being so far from home. You clearly have her beat. Great to "meet" you! She is just 18 and right out of high school. I have talked recently to some of the L/D staff from there re. a project I am working on for my job. They were very nice. I have also been to several seminars there and was pleased.

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excellent! It's nice to "meet" you too. I am not so nervouse about going away as I am about getting through the school and doing well. It looks like a really good program and my friend who is heading out there with me has lots of family in the immediate area and they all say the hospital is top notch. Well thats good news, I hope your daughter has a great time and I am sure I will meet her sooner or later, only 30 people in the class I think,. Do you know yet if she is staying on campus or getting a house? We are heading out there next weekend to try to find something to maybe buy or possibly rent. I have a 100 lbs. rottweiler, so the odds of renting are between slim and none, but anything is possible. Well I hope to hear from you and possibly your daughter in the future. Take care

M :gandalf:

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