Memphis area hospitals and nursing schools

[bleppity]

I currently live in Jackson, MS. I will be graduating from nursing school in December (knock on wood). I am considering relocating to the Memphis area and would like some feedback on the local hospitals. I have looked at Baptist Memorial's website, but would like to hear from someone that works there. Would be curious about morale, benefits, nurse patient ratio. I am externing on a cardiac step down floor this summer in Jackson, and I think I would enjoy this type of nursing floor.

I know there is also LeBonheur for Children, St. Jude's, but those are the only other hospitals that I am aware of in Memphis.

My husband plans to attend nursing school after I get established in a job, so would also need to know if there are nursing schools in the area as well.

Thanks a bunch!

[Lisa CCU RN, RN]

I go to Univ. of Memphis--I highly recommended it. Baptist Hospital has a nursing school and there is also Southwest Community College. I don't know of any others.

As far as hospitals, there is also St. Francis Hospital and Methodist has four locations in Memphis to work at.

PM me if you need any other info.

[marvinskbaby1]

Hi. I attend the University of Memphis and currently work as a nurse extern at Methodist University hospital. Methodist has several locations throughout the city. Methodist starts their new graduates of with a base pay of 19.00 an hour plus shift differential. They also give you $225 uniform allowance. There's also the Med that's downtown. I here they start new grad nurses off there at 18.60 (base pay). I hear that the nurse patient ratio's at Baptist can go into the double digits. I hear they work the crap out of you. I've talked to about 20 nurses who've worked there and they had nothing good to say about Baptist. Hope this helps. Good Luck.

[totaljointrn]

I work for Methodist Hospital in Memphis and really love my job. I worked for 15 years for Baptist and left because of morale and nurse/patient ratio. I worked nights and had up to 15 patients at a time. Not a very good situation. I left Baptist in 1995. I currently work at the Methodist North location. Depending on which location you work at the ratios are pretty good. I work on an ortho unit and our ratio is 5:1. MedSurg at North is 5-7:1 (7 on a bad day!). Benes are not too bad. Retirement is 1:1 matching. Shift Diff is 4.50/3-11 and 4.00/nights. Generally 12 hour shifts are worked. There is also a differential payed for ICU and ED nurses. Contact me if you want more info and I will see what I can find out!

Sandy