Moving to DFW area

allnurses Guide · Mar 2, 2020

Generally scrubs in DFW for floor nurses are royal blue. It isn't 100% across the board but it is the vast majority.

As an experienced ICU nurse you probably won't have trouble finding a job at any of those facilities, though I would not move until you have one lined up.

Pay will be in the low to mid 30s/hr.

I have worked at 3 out of the 4 of those companies. All of them have their upsides and downsides. The culture varies widely unit to unit, even within the same company.

loveadrenalinh_RN, ADN, BSN · Mar 3, 2020

Thank you for your info & response! I have a pretty good culture where I’m at, but’s it’s about time to be closer to the S.O. since he works a corporate job and cannot relocate. Was just curious about people’s opinions of the potential future workplaces since I’ll be new to the area. I’m definitely coming up there for a week to go apartment searching about a little over a month ahead before the move & was planning to try to set most of the interviews during that week, at the very minimum for ICU units but striving for a SICU or CVICU.

allnurses Guide · Mar 4, 2020

Generally HCA has a worse reputation, being a for-profit hospital system. If you take a position with the Medical City brand, be sure you are happy with your pay rate going in. It won't change much after. Shortages on supplies is common; its a juggernaut of a system. Medical City Plano and Medical City Dallas are both in heavy growth phases, with MCDallas having added a new cardiac hospital recently and MCPlano achieving Trauma Level I status and opening a new burn unit.

UTSW, Baylor and Parkland are all not-for-profit systems. UTSW and Parkland both have pension programs, which is nice. Parkland's is instead of social security; UTSW takes both pension and SS out of your paycheck. Parkland generally has good nurse to patient ratios. Baylor has the best reputation for work environment (if you are talking "Big Baylor" or "Baylor Downtown"). Baylor is pretty well known for having lower wages than most. All three of those have a lot of longevity in a lot of their employees. UTSW is a teaching hospital and tends to have a higher "class" of patient. Parkland is a safety net hospital and primarily serves the marginalized, under-served and indigent populations in Dallas county. UTSW and Parkland have some overlap, as the UTSW medical students to internships, residencies and fellowships at Parkland.

I don't know if this helps but is a bit of generic info for you to percolate over.

loveadrenalinh_RN, ADN, BSN · Mar 12, 2020

On 3/4/2020 at 11:06 AM, Nurse SMS said:
Generally HCA has a worse reputation, being a for-profit hospital system. If you take a position with the Medical City brand, be sure you are happy with your pay rate going in. It won't change much after. Shortages on supplies is common; its a juggernaut of a system. Medical City Plano and Medical City Dallas are both in heavy growth phases, with MCDallas having added a new cardiac hospital recently and MCPlano achieving Trauma Level I status and opening a new burn unit.
UTSW, Baylor and Parkland are all not-for-profit systems. UTSW and Parkland both have pension programs, which is nice. Parkland's is instead of social security; UTSW takes both pension and SS out of your paycheck. Parkland generally has good nurse to patient ratios. Baylor has the best reputation for work environment (if you are talking "Big Baylor" or "Baylor Downtown"). Baylor is pretty well known for having lower wages than most. All three of those have a lot of longevity in a lot of their employees. UTSW is a teaching hospital and tends to have a higher "class" of patient. Parkland is a safety net hospital and primarily serves the marginalized, under-served and indigent populations in Dallas county. UTSW and Parkland have some overlap, as the UTSW medical students to internships, residencies and fellowships at Parkland.
I don't know if this helps but is a bit of generic info for you to percolate over.

Yes, this most certainly helps a lot to think over. Thank you so much!

PyschNPtoBe, CNA · Apr 28, 2020

I work at Methodist and I LOVE it. We have so many people who have worked here for over 20 years, and a great nurse residency program. We also have a paid, small cohort (10 students) partnership with a community college and direct acceptance into a BSN through that. I have worked here as a PCT PRN and am now a full-time MA and Clinic Coordinator. I can't imagine working anywhere else and am excited about my future here.

lake girl · Dec 4, 2020

On 4/28/2020 at 1:56 PM, PyschNPtoBe said:

I work at Methodist and I LOVE it. We have so many people who have worked here for over 20 years, and a great nurse residency program. We also have a paid, small cohort (10 students) partnership with a community college and direct acceptance into a BSN through that. I have worked here as a PCT PRN and am now a full-time MA and Clinic Coordinator. I can't imagine working anywhere else and am excited about my future here.

There is a cohort? I'm older but, want to go back to nursing school but, in a friendly environment. How do I get to work there to try for the school , is it El centro? I am looking at WGU but, any where they treat you like a human would be nice. You love it because ? Where did u train for PCT? Thanks.