MichRN72

This was 3 years ago that I asked this question. I'm sure the starting pay is all very similar in Chicago...I interviewed at 3 of the big ones there and they were all within less than a dollar of each other.

Hi, I'm a RN interviewing soon for a position at Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc. Does anyone have any info on this hospital? Working conditions, wages, attitudes of management, benefits, union or no? etc...I really appreciate it!!

2 years ago at my job offer from Rush the starting pay was 21 or 22/hour for a RN with one years experience. Good Luck!

Hi I've had a family member suffer a stroke recently and he's basically been written off by the UP hospital and some of the doctors. He is running out of time at a nursing home he was recently placed in for rehab and desperately does NOT want to go t...

I worked at Northwestern Memorial in 2005. FANTASTIC hospital with qualified, caring staff and exceptional Docs....Go for it!!

Thanks for the info!! I appreciate it.

Good to hear they're not striking! My travel agency offered me that place and I was thinking about it, since its close to my home "base". I don't do scab labor, though!! I worked for Mclaren Regional in Flint for a year, a part of Ingham's corporatio...

The starting wage at both NMH and Rush is 23.40. I work at NMH, you get a shift differential for nights and weekends of like 5 I think. I don't know if you get one at Rush. Good luck!! The move almost wiped me out financially, so you better be saving...

Yes the differential applies to new grads at NMH.

Oak Park!!! Look at oakparkapartments.com, 10 miles W of the Loop, blue and green line access. Plus its a nice city. I start Northwestern July 11, and Oak Park seemed the nicest place.

No, my LPN had nothing to do with it. I never even mention it, to be honest. I'll be working on a telemetry stepdown floor again, its what I like. I'm thinking Oak Park area to live. I don't want to live right in the city, I have a 10 year old daugh...

Rush was wonderful, very good vibes from the nurse manager I interviewed with. Like I said, it was a hard decision, but one I'm comfortable with. I've been a RN for a little over a year, I was a LPN for about a year prior to that. I have a rotation s...

Hi, I can tell you about starting pay, I just interviewed at 3 big hospitals in the area. They were all with in a few cents of each other to start. Rush offered me $23.40/hour 23.90 after 6 months with one year experience as a RN. I didn't ask about ...

I'm at Masonic all the time, Mary. I stay in Barr Tower when I'm visiting. I like what I hear about Advocate's system so far.

Okay, how many of these places are unionized, here every hospital is union. I was surprised this isn't the case there for many it seems, unless that has changed.

Thank you Neuro, I have an interview with Rush on the 26th. I'm still looking at different cities, but appreciate your opinion. Good luck to you.

Thanks, I actually have an interview now on the 27th with Christ Hospital. St Joseph in Chicago is part of the Resurrection system, similar in size to Advocate, just a bit smaller, they also own St Francis in Evanston, another possibility. I looked u...

Thanks Jolie, I appreciate that. UC is actually the first place that called me for an interview, I haven't actually applied anywhere else yet. All my experience is in telemetry/stepdown patients. I'm not a peds person at all. St Joseph is a part of t...

Hi I'm a RN in Michigan, hoping to move to the Chicago area soon. I think I have narrowed my choice jobs down to UC, St Joseph's or one of the Advocate hospitals, hoepfully Christ Medical. Does anyone have any opinions on these places? Also, as a sin...