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@H51205 I'm not sure what you mean by holidays are a part of PTO. If you work one of the recognized holidays you get holiday pay (time and a half). If you don't work on a holiday you don't get paid for that day. For holidays at Vidant you are required to work two of the four major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Day) every year. You can also not take PTO the week of a major holiday. As far as cost of living, I have a 2 bedroom apartment (live alone plus a dog) with amentities (pool, gym, dog parks) and live comfortably on my salary. I know COL is not as high here compared to Northern States (in MN where I'm originally from nurses make 30+/hour, but housing is more expensive)

When I first got hired it was 22.50/hr but I know it has increased for new grads since I started (I think it's 24 something now). PTO accrual (if remembering correctly) you get 7 hours/every paycheck. So 14 hours of PTO every month. PTO can be used for vacation/sick time/call outs of a shift and replacing the hours you were supposed to work. I have 200+ hours of PTO. Vidant does self-scheduling so a lot of the time I can work around the days I need off so I rarely have to use PTO unless I need a full week off. @H51205 When I first got hired it was 22.50/hr but I know it has increased for new grads since I started (I think it's 24 something now). PTO accrual (if remembering correctly) you get 7 hours/every paycheck. So 14 hours of PTO every month. PTO can be used for vacation/sick time/call outs of a shift and replacing the hours you were supposed to work. I have 200+ hours of PTO. Vidant does self-scheduling so a lot of the time I can work around the days I need off so I rarely have to use PTO unless I need a full week off.

@H51205As far as the hospital goes, I LOVE my unit. I have now been working there for 2 years and I love the population and the people that I work with. As far as Greenville the city in general-it's OK. Greenville doesn't offer a whole lot to do, but the good news is Raleigh is only an hour away. You can find things to do in Greenville-you just might have to do some searching to figure out what events are being held as no one does a great job of advertising. If you are going to be going to Vidant I give you my best and hope you have a good experience as I have had!

I actually accepted a position at Vidant (I am a New Grad with no experience). I am moving from Minnesota where nurses generally make $28-30 an hour as a new grad where I will be making $22.40 as a new grad in NC. From my understanding it is about the norm for NC, but not the norm for everywhere else in the US.

I have accepted a job at Vidant Medical Center in the surgical oncology unit to start on February 19th. I am wondering if I could get help with suggestions for apartments. Ones that I have liked are Waterford Place, Pointe at Wimbledon, and Treybrooke apartments. Does anyone have suggestions about other apartments or on the ones listed above? Any help would be much appreciated as I am moving from Minnesota and know nothing about the area.

Hi I m planning on moving to North Carolina from Minnesota once I graduate with my BSN in December. I have an interview on Saturday at Vidant Medical Center. I was wondering if anyone currently working there could provide me with information about the different units or about the hospital in general. I am interviewing for SIU,MIU, and Oncology. Also if you could provide any information about apartments in the Greenville area that would be great!