Hospitals?

joseash · Nov 30, 2008

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital or Inova Alexandria Hospital might be good choices for you. They are both in Alexandria. IMVH is off Rt 1 perhaps a bit closer to Springfield but Alex isn't but two or three miles further. Not sure which would be easier to access via Metro/bus. I think IMVH currently has more openings though. Good luck with your search!

Flames9_RN, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Dec 1, 2008

There is the Inova Healthplex in Springfield

http://www.inova.org/emergency_and_urgent_care/healthplex/index.jsp

al7139, ASN, RN · Dec 4, 2008

Hi,

I grew up in the Metro DC area (Maryland), but know Northern VA too.

Public transportation in the area is awesome, and if a hospital is not right near a subway stop, chances are there is a bus from the closest subway station.

As for where the best place to work...I can't help there because I have only worked as a nurse in the Norfolk area where I live now, but I have heard that the good hospitals (this is from patients) are George Washington University Hospital in DC. Sibley Hospital in Georgetown, also Georgetown University Hospital, and you could also try Bethesda Naval Medical Center or NIH in Bethesda MD (Both have subway stops right there). There is another really good hospital for cardiac in DC (my dad had a CABGx4 there), but the name escapes me right now...If I think of it, I'll let you know.

Amy