Miami RN rates

paula77720 · May 6, 2005

hi,

any RN's from miami?

thanks, :)

Tony35NYC · May 10, 2005

Paula, I posed your questions to a friend in Miami. He says the salaries there are pretty decent, depending on whether you go staff or agency (mid to high 20's for staff and up to high 30s agency---some places higher with more experience). These salaries may seem low if you're a New Yorker but the cost of living in Miami is much lower than it is here in New York so its not bad at all. He recommends Jackson Memorial Hospital as the #1 joint in all of south Florida, but also said that the hospitals there pay well except for the ones owned by that large chain whose name begins with the letter "T".

He wanted to know where in Miami you were and how long you were there. He's of the opinion that you must have been in a jet set area of the city like South Beach, because, according to him, that's the only place in Miami where tourists would dare go walking. He says you should go back there for at least a week or two and spend some time traveling around the city before you decide to move there. He had some unflattering things to say about the non-touristy parts of the city, and also that the price of real estate in the decent neighborhoods there has gone through the roof during the past couple years.

paula77720 · May 11, 2005

Tony,

thanks for the info. He's right.... we were at south beach area most of the time. I heard the Brickell/downtown area is also nice place to start looking for a place. Will go back again in a month. Nice to know pay is decent. Is your friend working at Jackson memorial? If so, hows the working condition? nurse-patient ratio?

thanks again... its been five months since our move and i miss NYC a lot, now that the weather is great

ButterflyRN04 · May 14, 2005

Hi. I live in Miami. I do not work at Jackson Memorial but I do have a friend that works Neuro ICU there. If you want to work ICU, Jackson is the place to go. Its a teaching hospital, lots of things u see there you will not see anywhere else. Pt ratio is 2 to1, 3 to 1 in stepdown, If you do choose Jackson, the Brickell area is very close by. You will most definitely need a car here, public transportation is totally unreliable especially since we have so much traffic.

paula77720 · May 16, 2005

Hi. I live in Miami. I do not work at Jackson Memorial but I do have a friend that works Neuro ICU there. If you want to work ICU, Jackson is the place to go. Its a teaching hospital, lots of things u see there you will not see anywhere else. Pt ratio is 2 to1, 3 to 1 in stepdown, If you do choose Jackson, the Brickell area is very close by. You will most definitely need a car here, public transportation is totally unreliable especially since we have so much traffic.

thanks,

do you know how much is the rate for New graduate or RN with 1 year experience? 3 to 1 step down is awesome. We have 6 right now on days. Im so busy all the time.

Hex, LPN · May 22, 2005

I heard the Brickell/downtown area is also nice place to start looking for a place.

It is very nice but also expensive. You can very well shell out 250-300 grand for a 2 bed, 1 bath condo. Albeit on a nice area and in a nice building.

ex1140 · May 24, 2005

Hi, I just felt the need to give you my point of view about Miami. I have lived in Miami for 18 years. It's a nice city to live in...if...you have money, and you are Latin. The average nice apartment, 2bd 2bth, in a nice neighborhood is $1200 a month. The average nice home, 3bd 2bth, in a nice neighborhood is $250,000 (more than likely that's preconstruction priced). I am not talking upscale, just a nice neighborhood with decent schools and shopping.

It is also a VERY, VERY, VERY, diversified city, :) and there is nothing wrong with that, but let's face it...diversity is not for everyone. I don't have a problem with diversity, but living here can be frustrating if you don't speak

spanish. Spanish will soon be the first language in Miami, and many people have long moved for this very reason.

Miami may be a wonderful place to vacation, but it may fall short of your expectations if you should decide to make it a permenant home. My husband

and I have been discussing buying a home in Georgia, buying land and

having our dream home built, because we will save about $200,000. God bless you, and I hope you make the right discision.

cosette123 · May 25, 2005

i agree, i have here in miami more than 30 years, and i am ready to go, not because of the latin community, but because it is just to fast paced, and the price of homes has skyrocketed in the last few years. as far as my latin friends, they are mostly wonderful workers, and as pts. i really get tired of the hear, hurricanes, and the pay is not that great. if you would like to try miami, i would suggest you trying a travel contract for about 13 weeks, then you can decide if it's the place for you, and also if you can afford it. brickell is very expensive. best of luck, and hope you make the right decision, i am doing what the other writer is doing, planning on moving to north carolina, it has a mild climate, and is more affordable.

Hi, I just felt the need to give you my point of view about Miami. I have lived in Miami for 18 years. It's a nice city to live in...if...you have money, and you are Latin. The average nice apartment, 2bd 2bth, in a nice neighborhood is $1200 a month. The average nice home, 3bd 2bth, in a nice neighborhood is $250,000 (more than likely that's preconstruction priced). I am not talking upscale, just a nice neighborhood with decent schools and shopping.
It is also a VERY, VERY, VERY, diversified city, :) and there is nothing wrong with that, but let's face it...diversity is not for everyone. I don't have a problem with diversity, but living here can be frustrating if you don't speak
spanish. Spanish will soon be the first language in Miami, and many people have long moved for this very reason.
Miami may be a wonderful place to vacation, but it may fall short of your expectations if you should decide to make it a permenant home. My husband
and I have been discussing buying a home in Georgia, buying land and
having our dream home built, because we will save about $200,000. God bless you, and I hope you make the right discision.

Hex, LPN · May 25, 2005

I've lived in Miami for more than half of my life and I still cannot adjust to the summer humidity. (The heat is bad but the humidity is what gets you)

Something tells me it's not gonna happen. So my plan is to graduate, get some experience and start traveling to see where I would like to live.