Moving to FL (Melbourne). Good hospital to apply to?

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Hello,

I am most likely moving to Melbourne in September (depending on a job offer). I have read a lot about the area's hospitals from the 2006-2011 posts. I am hoping that someone can give a more recent description of Health First's hospitals and the Wuesthoff hospitals. I am in a 200-hour preceptorship at a Maternity unit that I love and am also interested in Med/Surg. I am hoping to find out which hospitals have the best reputation concerning patient and nurse satisfaction. Thanks so much.

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Specializes in OB.

Health First all the way. Been here for about 4 years, started as a CNA, now an OB Scrub Tech and I plan on staying here once I graduate NS in 2015. Awesome company to work for. Good luck!

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Thank you for the advice. I am applying for their Nurse Residency program once I pass the NCLEX (hopefully in June). Do you know if there are going to be any openings in the OB unit? I know that it can be hard to start in a specialty right away, but I am hoping that my 200-hour Preceptorship experience will help.

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Do you know if they typically post their Graduate Nurse Residency program several times a year? I see one now that's for May 2013, however, I won't be licensed until most likely July.

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Hi,

They have the program monthly (up month and a half early I heard from a recruiter). What unit are you interested in? Also, are you from the Melbourne area?

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I am not from the Melbourne area but I've lived in the South Florida area at other times. I'm thinking about moving that way again soon. I'm interested in Med/Surg & Stroke/Cardiac care but I could possibly see L&D one day in the future.

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I hope that I see you next fall then. Please let me know if you hear anything else about the program.

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Hello fellow soon to be nurses! I graduate this August and am also looking in this region. I wonder if either of the hospitals offer an informal tour of the facilities. I'd be interested in that. Good luck in your search and interviews. :)

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Hello! I have spoken with a recruiter from Health First, and she said that they do not do this, but I would also be very interested to go if you got word that we could. What specialty are you interested in?

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Specializes in OB.

The only people I have seen touring a unit is when they're being interviewed and just a basic tour of the specific unit interviewing for. For example, I work in L&D so we're very exclusive as to who comes in our Birth Suites.

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Thank you for your reply. Are the L&D and PP units separate at Health First? My Preceptorship site had a combined unit, so I got to work in a variety of situations. Also, are all of the shifts 12 hours? In MA, those nurses tend to work three days a week. Is that the same in FL?

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Specializes in OB.

Out of the 4 Health First hospitals that we have. 2 of them do not have OB. The other two that do have them and cape Canaveral does have a combined unit, LDRP rooms and from what I know they all have 12 hours shifts, nurses, OB scrub techs, huc's, etc. the one I work at, L&D and M/B are not combined in that sense but they are next to each other secluded away in the Birth Suites. Everyone in L&D has 12 hour shifts. In M/B only the nurses do 12 hours. Huc's and CNA's do 8 hour shifts.

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