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LOL ... Isn't the truth! Thank you so much for your input, I really appreciate it. I will take a closer look at those hospitals, including Shea...a question for you: out of the hospitals that you mentioned, which one would you pick? Or which one do you work for? lol.

Hi all, I'm moving back to Phoenix, Arizona this fall and I was hoping to start a discussion about which hospitals offer the best working environments and money. I've talked to some people about both, but there does not seem to be any consensus. I'm coming from a large teaching and research hospital in the Midwest. I have a BSN with 3.5 years of RN experience, half of which was in med-surg and the other half is in an MICU. I have my CCRN, ACLS and I'm chemo certified, NIHSS certified and CVVHD certified ... not very much swanz cath experience though and no IABP and no ECMO experience. From what I've been told, I should expect to make anywhere between $35 - $45/hr with my experience ... but is that really accurate for the Phoenix market right now and how competitive is it there? And what are the better Phoenix area hospitals to work for? And what I mean is, where will you get the sickest patients? ... Where will you find the best doctors and nurses teamed to together? ... At which hospitals do the nurses seem to love their jobs more?