Gulfcoast Medical Center in Panama City

[Tooimpatient]

I am thinking of taking a travel assignment at Gulfcoast in Panama City and I'm just curious if anybody has worked here, specifically in MedSurg and do you like it? Where I currently work we use Epic for all our charting, it's a relatively smaller hospital (as is Gulfcoast from what I've researched, correct?). Just curious how different it would be from what I am used to. What's the typical nurse:patient ratio and what do you see mostly on the floor? I'm from N. Alabama, most of our patients are in with pneumonia, CHF, COPD, ACS, etc. just wasn't sure if Florida would present new things like shark bites and jellyfish stings (kidding mostly haha)

[GuEsT78]

I lived for a time in nearby Fort Walton Beach. There are certainly sharks and jellyfish in the water. I saw both. But I suspect the most common local reason for an ER visit would be severe sunburn, particularly for those who don't live near beaches and don't know how quickly they can burn.

It's a great area to live. I met USAF people who'd lived all over the world and decided to retire in FWB. You may find that Panama City has lots of retired people too.

Unlike south Florida, it's just cold enough in the winter to kill off the bugs. Being close to the Gulf means summers can actually be milder than inland. The water does get a bit warm for comfortable swimming in late summer though.

Don't dream of surfing. We joked that it took a hurricane to get waves big enough for that. Deep-sea fishing, scuba diving, and all kinds of boating including water skiing are what people do for fun.

I imagine you'll enjoy living that. Now I live in Auburn, AL and sometimes miss those white-sand beaches.