StaRN Program South Florida

Hi there, I too have been a "lurker" lol and am now posting. I guess I didnt have any info not already said to mention before. Anyways... I am posting because yes I have worked at Mercy hospital but as a CNA. I am now a new grad RN from Miami Dade college. However I have my ASN/ADN not BSN. I do have a BA in marketing/communications but of course this doesnt seem to matter in nursing world. I can tell you I had a good experience at Mercy for the most part.... but not all floors are the same. I only floated a few times but one of the telemetry floors was an awful experience for me: patient overload, one of my nurses was MIA, and the charge nurse was completely condescending. But my floor was not like that and there was lots of teamwork involvement, encouragement, etc. PRobably doesnt help you much but theres really no black and white answer here.

NOW the other reason why Im posting... Mecy StarN program for April 2016 says BSN is a requirement and therefore told me I lack the credentials in an automated email. When I called the HR guy said "well because its a magnet status fulfillment". Since then I have done some research on this holy magnet recognition status everyone is so uppity about. In this research I found that you do NOT have to have BSN to be floor nurse. check out link about ANCC magnet status facts. http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Resources/aaccprograms/health/hpat/Documents/RN_F3_magnet.pdf

Anyways I also found 2 other HCA owned hospitals in FL with StarN NOT requiring a BSN.....

first one in westside regional of plantation and second hospital in kissimmee. I dont have the links but it would be easy to google StarN program with city and find it if youd like to verify the words im saying.

So how does this play out? any expert nurses out there that can help solve this conundrum? Frankly its upsetting considering I put a year of working into this hospital already,and left on good terms. I was able to speak to my director and she said shed see what she can do on her end but being a new grad its like completely different ballgame getting hired versus once you're experienced.

Did you enroll in the program?

yes I did Sanya09. I enrolled in StaRN with Aventura hospital and finished. I'm on fulltime now with Aventura. however, I wouldn't recommend staRN for anyone unless there wasn't many better options out there.

Recommended or not - it seems to have almost vanished. Only Mercy hospital still has staRN at this point. It seems to have temporarily vanished from all the other south florida hospitals. Which is.. weird?

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Please anyone has any new information about this program?

Or any new information of ANYWHERE in S. FL hiring new grads?

Hi, please does anyone have any new information on the StaRN program? are there any pros and cons you want to share with us?

Thanks!

I have an upcoming interview for StaRN at Aventura later this week.. Any recommendations or further information you'd be willing to share? I have been on the job search for a while and this is beginning to look like the best most possible option. Why wouldn't you recommend it?

Hi! Did you get the job?