Moved to our Kansas Nursing forum for best chance members advice.
Lots of hospitals in the area are cutting costs and staff. Liberty laid off 150+ nurses. Rumors are that Truman is heading for big lay-offs. (I know for certain that they're closing the majority of their psych units both on HH and at the satellite facilities.) HCA is...HCA. Never met a person that liked working there but their usual cost-cutting might save your job in the long run. Providence and St. Mary's tend to lay off like clockwork every year. I'm at KU and there are big talks about decreasing our PTO, decreasing benefits, and probable pre-training layoffs of recently hired new grads on several units including my own. North Kansas City was bought out a while ago and has been in a slow-fire phase for a few months.
I have friends at St Luke's but haven't heard much? Might be the best option but the majority of St. Luke hospitals are in MO, not KS. Different and slightly more difficult license process.
AClemens
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Hello everyone, I would like to know which hospitals in Kansas are reputable to work for. I'm a cardiac/pulmonary RN of 7 years on a step down unit and would like to find a similar position in Kansas. I do realize there are few union hospitals as well, that being so, with non-union hospitals is there a contract to sign and how does that work? Thank you for your time. AC.