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I would in general stay away from anything south of broward. I live in Miami and have lived here my whole life and it is a terrible city in terms of jobs/cost of living and crime here is terrible and it's mostly a Spanish speaking community. Weston and Davie are very nice areas to live, there is a Cleveland clinic in Weston and the memorial west hospital (which is part of broward health system) near miramar are great hospitals. Orlando is nice as well and has a great health system (Florida hospital), Gainesville is pleasant as well but a younger community because of the university, naples is a calm community(older community) very nice as well but limited jobs and pay is not that great. i went to all these locations in hopes of finding a job. Good luck :)

Very difficult to get full time jobs or part time jobs. Seems most jobs offered are Per diem

Right now with how the jobs in Florida are for nurse you can't be picky and you will find you have a hard enough time getting a job, so take whatever you get offered at least for the first few years until you have experience.

Miami dade county has a very bad job market for RNs at the moment due to the hire freeze across multiple hospitals. I live here and have been trying to get a job with no success for the past 3 months

You might be looking into the wrong field. Usually the dermatologist have PA's that do most of the injecting and slightly invasive procedures. Then they also have the other employees that have a degree in aesthetic with training in some areas of facials, microdermabrasion, cellulite treatments I've seen some do laser hair removal as well. But most dermatologist I've been to do all of their facial laser treatments, acid peels, spider vein treatments, any surgery, biopsy and Botox with the PA's assistance. You may want to look into PA degree?

"Oh them? They're Floats"

Yep thats the hospital! And yes avoid it at all cost not worth your time, effort or tears

I am at peace being out of that terrible county run hospital, I took it as a blessing. But unfortunately since it was due to financial difficulties and there was no terms in the contract about lay offs they do not give severance pay or any compensation. But I am taking this as an opportunity to get into a better hospital. I currently have 2 interviews one in Orlando fl and the other in Naples fl. The job situation here in Miami fl is terrible especially after this hospital laid off 500 nurses, there is too much competition especially for a new nurse. So I have had no choice but to look north bound of Miami I have gone as far as Gainesville FL. Hope my interviews this week go as planned, one will be for a peds units which is my passion! Wish me luck :-)

I am a fairly new nurse with 6 months experience I was laid off from Jackson memorial after completing the internship because of those financial budge cuts, they laid off all the new nurses and new GNs. Avoid that hospital like the plague! Terrible management and very unsafe practices due to the understaffing. I have an interview coming up this week in Florida hospital in winter park it took about 3 months to hear from them so be patient :-)

Nope, they have them in multiple areas like Miami children's hospital for peds, baptist hospital and Jackson memorial for all other. For psych I think they do it at the UM hospital as well

Update: after sticking it out for a few more months the hospital went into a bit of trouble and laid off over 500 nurses. Lay offs were based on seniority so of course I was one of the "unfortunate" ones, not such bad news for me since I had been looking to leave this institution. But now I am in the predicament of finding a job, been looking for work for the past month since I was laid off, seems it will be difficult to find a job in Florida. But I do have an interview with a hospital in Orlando for a PEDs unit and another interview in Naples FL. Can't be picky with jobs, since most places aren't hiring unless you have 1+years and I only have 6 months :-/ well wish me luck. Thanks for the support :)

Hi I am new to this site. I would like to explain my story and maybe get feedback from others. I got a job in a public government funded hospital through a new grad internship med sur program. We had to sign a 3 year contract plus agree to an automatic pay deduction of 5% every pay check and I would be part of the float pool. I knew this hospital was no good but I applied everywhere else and I was not chosen because of no experience so I felt the need to take this job. The internship went fine but was a bit short to me (3months). During that time the hospital set a new policy that because of financial situations we would have to take mandatory 24 hour furlough days (days without pay or work) per month. I was upset at this because it took days from our internship, we complained but they did not care and our union did not win the fight against this policy. So I was put to night shift which I was ok with even though I knew the stress I would put my body through adjusting to this. Since I have been on my own with 7-8 Patients and the amount of paperwork to go with it along with the medications I just don't feel safe due to the lack of time to really find out about my patients their labs and their medications. I am in a specialized floor not medsurg like they promised me, I am on a neurosurgery/orthopedic/ortho trauma the floor is too fast paced for a beginner like me and with the amount of pain medication each patient gets along with all their other meds and every hour checking on their hemo VAC/ lumbar drains and turning all my quads and paras (with no pct at night) I just dont feel safe and see all the other nurses not being safe either. It terrifies me! Then finding the time to chart hourly along with all other needed task, I just don't feel I can do it safely, I worked too hard for my liscene to lose it so quickly. We have to write our meds on paper cause we have no electronic computer on wheels to scan patients half the charting computers are broken,you cant understand the chicken scratch the doctors write and when u call them to varify the orders they scream at you and degrade you. My fellow nurses are not supportive and question everything I do but never offer advice or help when they see me drowning. Every day before work I spend hours crying in bed my husband is worried about my emotional well being and honestly I am too. I don't sleep or eat well, I spend my days crying even in the middle of the night. During my shift I have to walk to the bathroom and recOver myself from my break down into tears, many times they start to occur as I'm in a patients room or in the medication room. I end up getting all the new admission in the night which is a whole other paperwork to fill out. Now the hospital will start deducting an additional 3% from our pay checks. I can't take this any longer for my own health I am being over worked, treated badly,taken advantage of, and all the patients treat us nurses badly(we have a terrible population of patients). I don't even enjoy my days off because I know I will have to go back to that terrible nightmare. I love nursing but I don't think bedside or hospital nursing is for me. I am looking into getting my MSN/MBA with health care management or getting into case management. But I need to get out of this contract even if I have to pay those $5000 they ask for even though everything they promised me has been a lie plus additional deduction of money!That should be a completely different contract and should therefore void mine. I am getting paid 31 dollars with differentialS and it is not worth what I am going through. I am miserable and it only been 6 months, no one should feel this way its not healthy. I need to get out before I have a complete breakdown physically and emotionally.

Hi I am new to this site. I would like to explain my story and maybe get feedback from others. I got a job in a public government funded hospital through a new grad internship med sur program. We had to sign a 3 year contract plus agree to an automatic pay deduction of 5% every pay check and I would be part of the float pool. I knew this hospital was no good but I applied everywhere else and I was not chosen because of no experience so I felt the need to take this job. The internship went fine but was a bit short to me (3months). During that time the hospital set a new policy that because of financial situations we would have to take mandatory 24 hour furlough days (days without pay or work) per month. I was upset at this because it took days from our internship, we complained but they did not care and our union did not win the fight against this policy. So I was put to night shift which I was ok with even though I knew the stress I would put my body through adjusting to this. Since I have been on my own with 7-8 Patients and the amount of paperwork to go with it along with the medications I just don't feel safe due to the lack of time to really find out about my patients their labs and their medications. I am in a specialized floor not medsurg like they promised me, I am on a neurosurgery/orthopedic/ortho trauma the floor is too fast paced for a beginner like me and with the amount of pain medication each patient gets along with all their other meds and every hour checking on their hemo VAC/ lumbar drains and turning all my quads and paras (with no pct at night) I just dont feel safe and see all the other nurses not being safe either. It terrifies me! Then finding the time to chart hourly along with all other needed task, I just don't feel I can do it safely, I worked too hard for my liscene to lose it so quickly. We have to write our meds on paper cause we have no electronic computer on wheels to scan patients half the charting computers are broken,you cant understand the chicken scratch the doctors write and when u call them to varify the orders they scream at you and degrade you. My fellow nurses are not supportive and question everything I do but never offer advice or help when they see me drowning. Every day before work I spend hours crying in bed my husband is worried about my emotional well being and honestly I am too. I don't sleep or eat well, I spend my days crying even in the middle of the night. During my shift I have to walk to the bathroom and recOver myself from my break down into tears, many times they start to occur as I'm in a patients room or in the medication room. I end up getting all the new admission in the night which is a whole other paperwork to fill out. Now the hospital will start deducting an additional 3% from our pay checks. I can't take this any longer for my own health I am being over worked, treated badly,taken advantage of, and all the patients treat us nurses badly(we have a terrible population of patients). I don't even enjoy my days off because I know I will have to go back to that terrible nightmare. I love nursing but I don't think bedside or hospital nursing is for me. I am looking into getting my MSN/MBA with health care management or getting into case management. But I need to get out of this contract even if I have to pay those $5000 they ask for even though everything they promised me has been a lie plus additional deduction of money!That should be a completely different contract and should therefore void mine. I am getting paid 31 dollars with differentialS and it is not worth what I am going through. I am miserable and it only been 6 months, no one should feel this way its not healthy. I need to get out before I have a complete breakdown physically and emotionally.