Parkland's Dallas ER

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Specializes in trauma ICU,TNCC, NRP, PALS, ACLS.

I was told by an agency that parkland hospital needs ER RN's and they are willing to pay top dollar. Has any one else heard that and if so what is "top dollar". The agency would not give me a concrete amount for pay.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Parkland is a county hospital. As such, it is unlikely to pay "top dollar" I would think, though I do think they are competitive. I cannot speak to them being desperate for ER nurses. I can say that getting in at Parkland is considered a really good opportunity for one's career.

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Specializes in ER.

According to nearly every weekend in the Dallas Morning Newspaper, Parkland is under alot of fire recently between Medicare funding possibly being denied and questionable overseeing of UT-SW practicing med students. In an article maybe a month ago was talking about how Parkland hired many agency nurses to staff their ER until December (I don't quite remember, I'm going off of memory) because there was a mass exodus of ER nurses -- that right there sounds quite fishy to me. What was going on to make so many nurses leave, maybe not all at once but over a short period of time?

I work in a rural hospital and I actually know a coworker of mine who did take Parkland's offer to temporarily work there. I don't know her that well to know how it's going for her. But the hospital is looking to hire new ER nurses.

I don't know if I'd want to work there given all the negative publicity the hospital has been receiving the last few months, but then again articles could be biased and I've never worked there to have personal experience to say otherwise.

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Specializes in trauma ICU,TNCC, NRP, PALS, ACLS.

thanks rewritten for the information about parkland's ER issues

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