JFK hospital in Atlantis/Palm Beach FL

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Has anyone heard of this hospital?

Specializes in TELE. NEURO, ICU.

LOL. Ok cool

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Specializes in Paramedic,ER, House Supervisor, OR, CVOR.

How are you liking the orientation? Got caught in the rain going home last night. First time riding the bike when it was raining hard enough to soak me before getting home. Still worth it though.

Rod

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Specializes in TELE. NEURO, ICU.

Orientation is draining me!!! And I'm not a day person! Geezummm. The 1st day was the best. I start the floor on tues

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Specializes in Paramedic,ER, House Supervisor, OR, CVOR.

Yea, I always liked the first day. That gal with the big smile and all the energy is great. Some of the others have gotten a little boring after the third time. Hope all goes well for you and I didn't mislead you.

Rod

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Specializes in ER, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab.
Orientation is draining me!!! And I'm not a day person! Geezummm. The 1st day was the best. I start the floor on tues

Good Luck !!!!!

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Specializes in ER, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab.

You still there ? How are things going?

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R-U-N!

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Specializes in TELE. NEURO, ICU.

Yea. Still here. Things are gng well. Its busy, but I like that now. It makes the time fly by fast.

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Specializes in ER, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab.
Yea. Still here. Things are gng well. Its busy, but I like that now. It makes the time fly by fast.

Im glad to hear things are going ok for you. I guess nights there is tolerable. I did my contract their on day shift 5 years ago and it was crazy. I did a total of 10 years travel nursing so if i can ever be of help hit me up. Just please o please do more research next time . I did 3 years of night shift while traveling and i worked in areas where i had 10 patients per nurse. So definitely check out hospitals first.

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I worked an assignment there in 2007 on MS/ONC floor. Heavy patient load but great teamwork and manager.

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Has anyone heard of this hospital?

I worked travel assignment at JFK in summer of 2008. Before that there were many horror stories but my recruiter assured me that they didnt "kill there travel nurses" anymore and there was some corporate restructuring. I found the Critical Care ICU to be excellent. They took me in as their own. The ICU on 4th floor felt distant and everyone seemed so far apart. JFK has resonably high level of acuity. Being from Northeast.....I have worked several of south florida hospitals...and it really doesnt matter where you work...they just are not known for good health care. The doctors expect the nurses to hand write their oders for them (i didnt even know hand written orders existed anymore until traveling to florida). The administrations operate with bare bones budgets because the economy in florida for hospitals is essentially non existant from May till about Oct (about 5 months -even the staff get sent home in summer). So dont focus so much on a single hospital but just accept that florida is about 10-15 years behind California and Northeast. Do it for few months but dont stay too long or you'll become too embedded in grossly outdated model.

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Specializes in ER, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab.
I worked travel assignment at JFK in summer of 2008. Before that there were many horror stories but my recruiter assured me that they didnt "kill there travel nurses" anymore and there was some corporate restructuring. I found the Critical Care ICU to be excellent. They took me in as their own. The ICU on 4th floor felt distant and everyone seemed so far apart. JFK has resonably high level of acuity. Being from Northeast.....I have worked several of south florida hospitals...and it really doesnt matter where you work...they just are not known for good health care. The doctors expect the nurses to hand write their oders for them (i didnt even know hand written orders existed anymore until traveling to florida). The administrations operate with bare bones budgets because the economy in florida for hospitals is essentially non existant from May till about Oct (about 5 months -even the staff get sent home in summer). So dont focus so much on a single hospital but just accept that florida is about 10-15 years behind California and Northeast. Do it for few months but dont stay too long or you'll become too embedded in grossly outdated model.

Florida is more like 30 to 40 years behind times. Its hard just to get basic supplies to do your job. As far as travel nursing is concerned , i would not recommend south florida. In 10 years of travel nursing i did most of it in south florida. The floors pure suck. The ICUs much better due to established clicks. I would occasionally float to the units and notice the patients far more stable than the floors. The acuity in the units was better and the nurses could even hand pick their patients. If you plan to do long term travel nursing , do it in the units.

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