Soon-to-be BSN looking for Critical Care positions in Central Florida

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Hello all,

I have been looking through threads in the Florida section for a while now and they have proved very helpful to me in deciding where to apply, though I still have questions. I graduate in August with my BSN and I'm looking for an internship/GN program in critical care. I'm aware that Florida Hospital has one. Could anyone provide insight about this program?

The hospitals I seem to be undecided between are Holmes Regional in Melbourne, Orlando Regional and Florida Hospital.

I'm especially interested in treating trauma patients. This is what attracts me to ORMC and Holmes, however, it is Florida hospital who has the specific critical care internship for GNs.

Also, if anyone has any thoughts on any of these hospitals or others in the area (pay rates, job satisfaction, etc), I would appreciate your feedback.

Thank you!

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Hi! I am also in a similar situation, and maybe we could help each other... or at least get some others to chime in with their expert knowledge :) I am a new RN with desire to stay in critical care, particularly Trauma. I also currently work in the trauma ICU at Shands UF in Gainesville as a tech. I am trying to move to Melbourne in September because my boyfriend got a job there with Brevard Anesthesia. The job search has led me to nothing but dead end roads so far. Holmes Regional has told me that they are not hiring ANY new RNs until later on this fall. I guess they do new RN programs like residencies a few times a year. I'm still waiting to find out more info but have been somewhat ignored at this point and told to come back at the end of the month to start trying again. Due to all of this, I have no begun persuing an ICU job here at Shands, since I am already well established there in 3 different ICUs with trauma being my home for the past 3 years. I'm pretty sure I can get the job here, but then I'm only doing this temporarily until Holmes can decide they will hire me after I get my year of experience. Ideally I'd still like to get a job at Holmes even if I have to start lower than the ICU and work my way up. Have you had any success with applying for jobs at Holmes? Any tips or advice? This has been so frustrating :(

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