St. Alexius in Bismarck or Sanford in Fargo?

U.S.A. North Dakota

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Which of these two hospitals is the best place for a new grad? Which one is the better hospital? Is Bismarck better than Fargo? Which place is more exciting?

We are trying to make a pro and con list of each hospital to help us in our decision between the two. We are new grads from California who are moving to ND for the first time.

Any help/info would be appreciated!

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I live in Bismarck, i can answer any questions you have. about the town that is. I have not worked in the hospitals here, i am still a student. Bismarck is smaller than fargo and thus has less to do but Bismarck has that small town feel and is much friendlier. Also St. Alexius works with the University of Mary here in bismarck and all the nursing students do their rotations their. So thats deff a good place to go for your first job since it is a learning environment. Also just something to look into, north dakota has such a nursing shortage that they do a loan repayment plan for nurses here.

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I live in Bismarck, i can answer any questions you have. about the town that is. I have not worked in the hospitals here, i am still a student. Bismarck is smaller than fargo and thus has less to do but Bismarck has that small town feel and is much friendlier. Also St. Alexius works with the University of Mary here in bismarck and all the nursing students do their rotations their. So thats deff a good place to go for your first job since it is a learning environment. Also just something to look into, north dakota has such a nursing shortage that they do a loan repayment plan for nurses here.

Can you tell me a little more about this repayment program? What amounts are they offering and what conditions?

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And if u ever decide to become a NP north fajita repays up to 30k for that

http://www.legis.nd.gov/cencode/t43c12-2.pdf?20150208014312

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Fargo Sanford is also a teaching hospital with NDSU, Concordia, and Presentation. Very new grad friendly, runs a support group for new grads that meets once a month and goes through the common challenges that new grads face. Pay is par. I find Fargo to be friendly, at least more so than Grand Forks. Plenty to do here, and COL is less than the west side of the state.

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And if u ever decide to become a NP north fajita repays up to 30k for that

http://www.legis.nd.gov/cencode/t43c12-2.pdf?20150208014312

Thank you again!

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Fargo Sanford is also a teaching hospital with NDSU, Concordia, and Presentation. Very new grad friendly, runs a support group for new grads that meets once a month and goes through the common challenges that new grads face. Pay is par. I find Fargo to be friendly, at least more so than Grand Forks. Plenty to do here, and COL is less than the west side of the state.

Do you mind sharing what is the pay and the shift differentials? Also any incentives they may have for picking extra shifts, etc.

What about staffing ratios? You can be PM me is you feel more comfortable that way.

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Just curious, have you made a decision yet?

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I'm a new grad from California too! I moved here about a month ago. I only checked out St. Alexius so I can't answer any questions about Sanford or Fargo, but if you have questions about St. A's or Bismarck I'm happy to answer them.

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What type of jobs are open to new grads? Would there be anything in critical care? Operating room? Or would it be mostly medsurg/oncology?

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