Grady Hospital

RNNLOVE · Jul 24, 2009

Hi, majority of the hospitals that I have worked at has been as a traveler. But after speaking with the recruiters in reference to getting hired on, the pay has been a major barrier. My rate with 6 years experience ranged from 25.52-27.00/hr. Shift differential ranges from 3-5.00 on nights. One of the highest paying hospitals in Atlanta will be the Long Term Care Hospitals, which normally starts off around 32.00-37.00/hr. (depending if you charge or not). Emory is probably one of the lowest paying hospitals in Atlanta. Good luck on your move and hopes this helps.

msjacksonjones · Jul 28, 2009

I currently am an LPN student in florida. I will be moving to GA soon and want to know if any of the hospitals offer a program that will help me to continue on to my RN or BSN. please help. thank you

Mikel3113 · Sep 29, 2010

Can an RN who actually worked or currently works there give me advice and info on the hospital. Can you please pm me. I have an interview next Thurs 16th July.

Grady is unique. If your going there for neuro, burns, trauma, or ER your going to the right place. Med/surg and the rest isn't anything special but it's okay. nurses do get burned out quick here if its not there thing because the patients can become unruly and ugly sometimes, but if you can get past the fact that your going to take care of a convicted murderer and care for them as well as you would your own family member then your okay. Thats what it takes though to work here. The experience you will get will be priceless though. They say 2 years at grady is equal to 5 years anywhere else and the residency program is top notch with some interesting classes. The best place to train period.

I work in the SICU which is there surgical/ trauma icu. It is GSW's, MCC's, and MVC's, assults and falls. I see some crazy stuff and some really sick patients. there are a few we have given 20 or 30 or so units of blood or blood products to save them. The best thing about nursing in the grady icu's is the autonomy. You will have to be the Nurse tech, the respiratory therapist, phlebotomist, central line team, rapid response team and the doctor to survive here. We run our own codes and half the time get through with a code before a doctor arrives. Yes it seems overwhelming and it is sometimes, but my plan is to stay at least three years and then i can kick back at any other hospital with not a care in the world. It is a risky place to work though if you do not know your stuff though because of this. Your RN license is put up against your patients safety many times, and many times we do what we have to do to save someone's life, but it is a very gray area. You can't do things text book here and you have to be committed to learning.

If there's anything specifically you or anyone really would like to ask i can do my best to answer it.

Ree82 · Sep 30, 2010

Mikel3113,

After I graduate from nursing school, I would love to work at Grady and work in the Trauma Unit. What caught my eye was the great new grad program that they have and the fact that it is 2 years long. I think that you are right with the comments that you made and you did a good job of voicing your opinion.

Mikel3113 · Sep 30, 2010

The training does require a 2 year contract though just to let you know breaking it and you pay it back like 14k I think

It's worth it though so far. Good luck to you

Iam, RN · Nov 10, 2011

I work at Grady for little over than a year and came here as a new grad. You do have to sign a $10,000 contract for two years. the orientation time depends on the unit you are going to (from 2-4 months).The fine decreases each montshs of your work (just divide 10,000 by 24 months and multiply it by months you have left), if you decide to leave. I think it is a great place to start because you will get experience like nowhere else, but you have to prepare for huge load of work and stress. Some people work there for many years and have no itnent to leave.

For me, I've had enough and moving on to another hospitla next months. And despite what others say, I did get more money from my new employer just because I have Grady experience, although it took about 10 min of negotiation. The exact words during my iterview were: "We do not usually negotiate salary with RNs with one year experience, but considering where you are comming from, we will make an exception."

If you think you are tough enough, take the job - I don't think you will regret it! Best wishes!