NICU nurse relocating to Vegas

[tinkers2]

I am new to this site and find it very insightful.

I am a NICU nurse with 25+ yrs. experience.

I see that there are many NICU positions available and I have interviewed with 5 of the hospitals there, some were union and some were not, even though they may have belonged to the same corp, like the Valley Health system, which I found rather interesting.

Pay was comparable, so I'm wondering what union represents the Nevada nurses, and what does the union do for you?

Also, any suggestions/comments as to which hospital to go to? I interviewed with St. Rose, Summerlin, Spring Valley, Sunrise Children's

and Valley.

All but St. Rose offered a sign-on bonus.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also, there seems to be so many different communities. Any suggestions on where is a nice place to live?

[jennyboofRN]

Hi to Tinkers2-I saw your post-I know it has been some time since you posted this-just wondering how things are going for you-I an RN with 15 years MED/SURG experience-moving to Vegas in June. Any info you could pass along to me would be great-also have you heard of the Wesly Medical Staffing agency- I have talked to Mt View and Cenntennial hospitals (I am going to live close to these places) and they seem OK places to work-any way let me know-it is nice to have a "heads-up" on these things from fellow nurses out there! Thanks-

[SteveNNP, MSN, NP]

Also check out the NV forum....

[denicu]

I am new to this site and find it very insightful.

I am a NICU nurse with 25+ yrs. experience.

I see that there are many NICU positions available and I have interviewed with 5 of the hospitals there, some were union and some were not, even though they may have belonged to the same corp, like the Valley Health system, which I found rather interesting.

Pay was comparable, so I'm wondering what union represents the Nevada nurses, and what does the union do for you?

Also, any suggestions/comments as to which hospital to go to? I interviewed with St. Rose, Summerlin, Spring Valley, Sunrise Children's

and Valley.

All but St. Rose offered a sign-on bonus.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also, there seems to be so many different communities. Any suggestions on where is a nice place to live?

I take it you are looking for a staff position-i can only relate to exp of travelers-For Sunrise they always say-If someone mentioned that hospital to you-Run as fast as you can. Although i remember a nurse that worked there briefly. She said if you can work there and survive-you can work in any NICU. She admits the assignments were very hard and they were always short staffed. But with 25 yrs exp you should be ok. Cant tell you anything about the others