i just found this thread for rural nursing and you cannot imagine how happy i am!!! :yeah:
i currently live in a large city with way too many tourists coming to visit from all over the world. my old classmates and coworkers (nurses) cannot understand my interest in rural nursing. it is really hard to explain to someone that has only worked at large facilities that i feel my calling is in a smaller facility, where the focus is on the patient/patient care rather than "...who (staff) is doing what to who (other staff), who (staff) just received "more" nursing creditials to place after their name (but has the worst bedside manner!!)...etc..." this is, all too often, what i have seen at the larger facilities in the larger cities.
i am interested in the smaller cities/counties and would like to do rural nursing. i am currently in the process of submitting applications for the government --indian health services and v.a. facilities-- but would also like to find out more about facilities outside of the federal government system. i have reviewed many of the threads within this rural nursing category but find that many posts do not identify their facility name or where you are working. it makes it hard to determine how to appropriately make contact with human resources or search online facility websites without the facility name.
with rural nursing, i like the idea of being at a facility where everyone must work as a team (it's not an option!) and having the ability to learn about all medical areas, med/surg, er, l&d, primary care and emergency care... at any given time. i would prefer to be the "multi-functional" nurse rather than be the nurse that has experience in only one speciality area (...and can't work any where else if census is low and is being pulled to another unit for a night/shift...). as someone in another post stated, as a rural nurse, "...you are a jack of all trades and a master of none..."i like that description! rather than specialize, i would prefer to be the "jack of all trades" in the nursing environment.
i am back on the east coast right now; but i am willing to relocate any where in the u.s. if at all possible, could you please provide me the name of the rural facility (hospital or ltc) you work at that may be interested in hiring nurses/new grads rn with less than 1-year of experience??!!?? also, if you can, please let me know what city/state your facility is in. if you are aware of what the new grad/new hire orientation process consists of, please let me know. having the facility name, i can easily search online for contact phone numbers and facility websites later.
any information you can provide regarding rural nursing facilities and possible new nurse/new grad job openings, will be greatly appreciated.
smn2009-I am a new grad working in a 25 bed hospital in rural Vermont. The facility has an AMAZING new grad orientation and really invests in their nurses. I do not know what their hiring needs are right now but you sound like someone that would really thrive in our environment. North Country Hospital in Newport, Vermont is where I am. Good luck, I am sure you will by dynamite wherever you land!!
Hi luv2runRNnow! This post might be a bit old but I would like to know if you're still working in North Country Hospital and how is the hospital as to co workers, the management, the mentoring and the hospital in general. It sounds to be so attractive to work there the way I read their website. But as I've read in some discussions in this forum, there are some part of Vermont who are not really welcoming other races. Is Newport one of them? How many months do they train nurses who doesn't have an experience in such special field like ER, Med-Surg etc. Does the hospital demand a year of working commitment to be accepted for the job? And lastly, do you have any idea how much is their starting offer for nurses without experience? I'm so sorry to ask you all of these questions but it's just because I don't know anybody to ask for all of these questions. Thank you very much for your time.
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Hi luv2runRNnow! This post might be a bit old but I would like to know if you're still working in North Country Hospital and how is the hospital as to co workers, the management, the mentoring and the hospital in general. It sounds to be so attractive to work there the way I read their website. But as I've read in some discussions in this forum, there are some part of Vermont who are not really welcoming other races. Is Newport one of them? How many months do they train nurses who doesn't have an experience in such special field like ER, Med-Surg etc. Does the hospital demand a year of working commitment to be accepted for the job? And lastly, do you have any idea how much is their starting offer for nurses without experience? I'm so sorry to ask you all of these questions but it's just because I don't know anybody to ask for all of these questions. Thank you very much for your time.