Relocating to Indiana

[TammyRN37]

I am possibly going to move to Indiana by the end of this summer. We have been looking at Columbus/Greenwood area. I have never been to Indiana and was curious if anyone had some information on the local hospitals and possibly payrate in that area. I am an RN with 10years of experience. My main area of exp has been cardiac/stepdown. Thank you for any information you all might have. Tammy

[HurricaneBreeze]

Hi there! I have some information that might be helpful for you. Columbus and Greenwood are both good areas of Indiana to look for a place. My husband and I currently live in Bloomington and have been trying to make a decision to buy a house in one of these two cities. Heres my .

Columbus -- Nice area, family area, close acess to I65, vicinity to Brown Co State Park, 2 colleges Ivy Tech Columbus and Indiana University/Purdue University Columbus (four year university but the town isn't a typical college town, not many outsiders come for the university). Not many options for hospitals though. Columbus hospitals is a great magnet hospital but job opportunities are few and far between due to the fact that once people go to work there they don't leave. The next closest hospitals are Seymour (about 40 mins) which is also a decent small sized hospital, or Bloomington (where I currently work) which is about an hour. Pay at Columbus Regional is decent, not sure about Seymour but Bloomington pays about the lowest for the area. You could hit I-65 and go to Indy to work but thats also going to be about 45min-hr depending on where you live.

Greenwood -- Much closer access to Indy and surrounding hospitals. Great school system if thats something you are looking for. Better selection of homes and shopping activities. Many many hospitals St. Francis, St. Vincent, (both great cardiac hospitals) Methodist. Access to IUPUI and many other universities.

[Christina1979]

I know that you are not looking to relocate to this area but just FYI I live in the South Bend area and can tell you that there are no opportunities in this area, experience or not. I've been to both Columbus and Greenwood and they are both very nice towns. I personally love Greenwood, they have seen a great deal of growth over the past 5 years.

[Innurse78]

Hi,

Greenwood is a great place to live and even better is Whiteland, In just down the highway a bit. Columbus and Bloomington are also good but about a 45 minute drive to Indy.

The housing prices are very good all over, taxes are reasonable.

I just graduated from the transitional LPN-RN class in central IN and out of 20 classmates, 18 have jobs to go to. Two have gone to Indy to find work but most have found work locally or are staying in their current positions~~ just bumping up to RN status.

You might hear they are closing St. Francis-Beechgrove but that is years away also. Clarian Health Network is great to work for I have heard and you can check out jobs on their website.

I would say its a bit tight for new grads in Indy as there have been cutbacks ( that won't last very long) but seasoned nurses are always in demand and you should have no problem getting a job.

Good luck