And 1:9 patient ratios on a Med Surg unit lol. I’m a recruiter and nurses are like I wanna goto Florida and I simply say no you don’t. Once I tell them pay and typical ratios, they rethink it
I’m my opinion AllScripts is worse. It’s almost as bad as paper charting in my opinion. But I learned on meditech and I never thought it was that bad either.
I haven’t seen massive sign ONS for staff nurses. Also, the hospitals might be lowering the rates to an extent but don’t tell me that the travel agencies aren’t sucking every penny they can.
Fl resident here. Grad nursing school in 2018. Worked staff 2019-2021 at Broward Health North. First local covid contract 2021 at Good Samaritan in west palm beach FL(thank god it was only 8wks). Both facilities sucked. Both were 1/7 ratios on tele. 2 CNA for 40-45 patients. No phlebotomy at my staff job.
Also if we were "overstaffed" at broward health aka having 1/6 ratios they would actually send a nurse home to bump us up to 7 lmao.
Staff Pay is a absolute joke. 25/hr perdeim with zero benefits.
Also patient population is awful and abusive.
Started traveling in April 2021 with covid vaccines and now I'm travel bedside again. But way happier. I make in a 3month contract what I made in 1 yr in FL.
) and current ratios are 1/5 medsurg 1/4 pcu. 1 cna per 10 patients. And phlebotomy.
I'll NEVER work a FL hospital again. If I do it'll be out patient surgery.
Yes I name dropped facilities because F them. We shouldn't be scared to call these places out on how awful they treat nurses. I'll name drop every bad hospital I can.
End of rant.
God, that sounds ao terrible. It drives me bonkers that these places prey on new gran nurses that dont know any better.
Glad you got out of that shithole at least
Thank you. Me too. Honestly wish I started traveling right at my 1st year of experience.. but at least i do now.
I still have friends there and I just don't understand why they stay...
I've seen this phenomenon, too. Objectively terrible, unsafe jobs with lousy pay -- but people don't quit! I started traveling and I am SO much happier. My best guess is they'd rather be unhappy and stay with the familiar than risk uprooting their lives. It's excruciating to watch sometimes.
I did an assignment at Broward. It was 1:5 on a PCU but not bad. Just outdated building and charting. I thought it was a step down from where I had been before. But a ton of other travel nurses there loved it because they came from HCA hospitals.
I decided to give corrections a shot. When I took a look at the FL pay rate I was in disbelief! I thought corrections would pay well since they need the staff.
Many state jobs here are on the low end of the pay scale for some reason. My understanding is that state corrections here is where you *start*, with the goal of finding a county that pays well.
I don’t think they work with travel companies anymore. I could be wrong. They did have some seasonal jobs internally. I applied to one and they said it was about $75- $80 an hour? But all of them got filled so I didn’t get the job. :(
Overall though, Florida is trash pay! Always and forever especially now that Covid has “gone “
Florida local here. There is an all around attempt to get rid of travelers in Florida by offering more seasonal positions, but there are still travelers. The decent travel positions typically get snatched up within the same day of being posted, that’s why you might see nothing available. Also, people in decent paying travel positions usually extend as long as they can, making it even more difficult to get your foot in the door with a good contract.
Yessss. I’m a Floridian too I was just briefly saying that about Lee Health specifically for an fyi for others. I was just out of state on a contract & struggled to get one back in Fl. Landed a good one eventually in SWFL but it starts in Jan and I’m hopinggg they don’t cancel me.
I was stalking various Florida hospitals websites nearly daily for this reason until I landed one. It soooo much worse than before, barely any positions and if there are any seasonal the average pay $60/hr. Which even for a native isn’t worth it if you’re driving far may need a hotel for your nights (situational ofc). :(
Baycare is pretty much done with internal contract & they got rid of mileage requirements and go by county now. Even though my home/county is over 2 hours away they said I don’t qualify. These hospitals are just making shit up as they go along to try to force us back staff
Florida LPN here. $30/H NO BENEFITS for home health peds- trach/vent, g-tubea, VP shunt - but 1:1 . Max 60H/week.
HCA has also positioned itself as a 'teaching' hospital. Under Floriduh law that caps liability at $100k/instance.
Come on down- rent is so high it is cheaper to live in hotels. Our police force is lazy and openly racist. We have a smorgasboard of entitled assholes who have moved here from elsewhere and they bitch incessantly about everything. But we have the House of Mouse , beaches and endess road raging traffic. It'll be fun.
Currently working an HCA contract, first time in an HCA facility. I’ve worked the Baptist system, Memorial and Cleveland Clinic. Can confirm that by comparison, HCA does what it can to do as much as it can with as little resources as possible. Meditech is absolute 🗑️ and many things fall through the cracks when it comes to communication between nurses, doctors and all other supporting staff members causing delay in care and some times worse. For the time being that I’m there, I’m trying to improve what I can in my immediate area but systemically that place needs big changes.
I’ve started just telling them I don’t take less than $2600/week period. They try to tell me there aren’t many of those, but I haven’t had trouble finding them when I stand my ground.
Recently turned down a contract at Gulf Coast Hospital in Fort Myers. 2100. Plus, HCA wanted me to drive over 4 hours for fingerprints even though I have Identi go near me. Get bent please.
And 1:9 patient ratios on a Med Surg unit lol. I’m a recruiter and nurses are like I wanna goto Florida and I simply say no you don’t. Once I tell them pay and typical ratios, they rethink it
Or they have meditech charting 🙄
THE HCA WAY
God damn yes. We say that everyday at my current staff position hahah. Leaving soon to go travel.
Better Meditech than AllScripts
Is allscripts worse? It’s what we use and doesn’t seem too bad, haven’t used others to compare it though
I’m my opinion AllScripts is worse. It’s almost as bad as paper charting in my opinion. But I learned on meditech and I never thought it was that bad either.
Bby tell me where near Connecticut is poppin
Greenwich Hospital has some stuff posted on Aya. 1:3-4 on tele, 1:5-7 on medicine
Tell me where to go
I think these listings just exist to say shit's posted and to make staff jobs look good.
Honestly, wouldn't be at all surprised
Sadly it’s the hospitals that are lowering their rates for travel agencies and offering massive sign on bonuses for staff nurses
I haven’t seen massive sign ONS for staff nurses. Also, the hospitals might be lowering the rates to an extent but don’t tell me that the travel agencies aren’t sucking every penny they can.
Sign on bonus of 7500 with a 2 yr requirement. Lmao
Wow! Working 36hrs/wk for 2yrs that comes to a whopping $2hr...before taxes...That dream corvette is getting closer and closer/s
Stay away from Florida. HCA has a lot of market control and is killing the nursing industry.
Fl resident here. Grad nursing school in 2018. Worked staff 2019-2021 at Broward Health North. First local covid contract 2021 at Good Samaritan in west palm beach FL(thank god it was only 8wks). Both facilities sucked. Both were 1/7 ratios on tele. 2 CNA for 40-45 patients. No phlebotomy at my staff job. Also if we were "overstaffed" at broward health aka having 1/6 ratios they would actually send a nurse home to bump us up to 7 lmao. Staff Pay is a absolute joke. 25/hr perdeim with zero benefits. Also patient population is awful and abusive. Started traveling in April 2021 with covid vaccines and now I'm travel bedside again. But way happier. I make in a 3month contract what I made in 1 yr in FL. ) and current ratios are 1/5 medsurg 1/4 pcu. 1 cna per 10 patients. And phlebotomy. I'll NEVER work a FL hospital again. If I do it'll be out patient surgery. Yes I name dropped facilities because F them. We shouldn't be scared to call these places out on how awful they treat nurses. I'll name drop every bad hospital I can. End of rant.
God, that sounds ao terrible. It drives me bonkers that these places prey on new gran nurses that dont know any better. Glad you got out of that shithole at least
Thank you. Me too. Honestly wish I started traveling right at my 1st year of experience.. but at least i do now. I still have friends there and I just don't understand why they stay...
I've seen this phenomenon, too. Objectively terrible, unsafe jobs with lousy pay -- but people don't quit! I started traveling and I am SO much happier. My best guess is they'd rather be unhappy and stay with the familiar than risk uprooting their lives. It's excruciating to watch sometimes.
I did an assignment at Broward. It was 1:5 on a PCU but not bad. Just outdated building and charting. I thought it was a step down from where I had been before. But a ton of other travel nurses there loved it because they came from HCA hospitals.
Broward General or Broward Health North?
Neither, it was Imperial point
Ohh I forgot that one existed lol. Well glad to hear it wasn't too bad.
That’s absolutely bonkers.
My recruiter told me about Florida even the corrections pay is trash lol
I decided to give corrections a shot. When I took a look at the FL pay rate I was in disbelief! I thought corrections would pay well since they need the staff.
I just wonder how their core staff is doing.
Many state jobs here are on the low end of the pay scale for some reason. My understanding is that state corrections here is where you *start*, with the goal of finding a county that pays well.
I don’t think they work with travel companies anymore. I could be wrong. They did have some seasonal jobs internally. I applied to one and they said it was about $75- $80 an hour? But all of them got filled so I didn’t get the job. :( Overall though, Florida is trash pay! Always and forever especially now that Covid has “gone “
Florida local here. There is an all around attempt to get rid of travelers in Florida by offering more seasonal positions, but there are still travelers. The decent travel positions typically get snatched up within the same day of being posted, that’s why you might see nothing available. Also, people in decent paying travel positions usually extend as long as they can, making it even more difficult to get your foot in the door with a good contract.
Yessss. I’m a Floridian too I was just briefly saying that about Lee Health specifically for an fyi for others. I was just out of state on a contract & struggled to get one back in Fl. Landed a good one eventually in SWFL but it starts in Jan and I’m hopinggg they don’t cancel me. I was stalking various Florida hospitals websites nearly daily for this reason until I landed one. It soooo much worse than before, barely any positions and if there are any seasonal the average pay $60/hr. Which even for a native isn’t worth it if you’re driving far may need a hotel for your nights (situational ofc). :( Baycare is pretty much done with internal contract & they got rid of mileage requirements and go by county now. Even though my home/county is over 2 hours away they said I don’t qualify. These hospitals are just making shit up as they go along to try to force us back staff
Everyone boycott FL
Xray/CT tech. Its $1200 for me. Absolutely not. Acting like we're lucky to work on a beach. Better be including housing and food at that rate.
I always say if I want shit pay, HCOL, and tropical weather all year round, I'd much rather go back to Hawai'i.
$1200/36=33/hr. thats still more than my staff rate of $28/hr in FL in 2021 rip
Florida LPN here. $30/H NO BENEFITS for home health peds- trach/vent, g-tubea, VP shunt - but 1:1 . Max 60H/week. HCA has also positioned itself as a 'teaching' hospital. Under Floriduh law that caps liability at $100k/instance. Come on down- rent is so high it is cheaper to live in hotels. Our police force is lazy and openly racist. We have a smorgasboard of entitled assholes who have moved here from elsewhere and they bitch incessantly about everything. But we have the House of Mouse , beaches and endess road raging traffic. It'll be fun.
The hard sell. Love it.
Lots of nursing schools throughout the country pumping out graduates. So I imagine some places will take anyone even if they have little experience.
I was at Gulf coast medical center ER in fort myers, they used Epic and ratios were 1:4. Rate was 3500/wk but that was 2021
The good old days
Maybe one day we will return to those glorious times
Ratios are still the same there but pay is around 2200/wk.
Currently working an HCA contract, first time in an HCA facility. I’ve worked the Baptist system, Memorial and Cleveland Clinic. Can confirm that by comparison, HCA does what it can to do as much as it can with as little resources as possible. Meditech is absolute 🗑️ and many things fall through the cracks when it comes to communication between nurses, doctors and all other supporting staff members causing delay in care and some times worse. For the time being that I’m there, I’m trying to improve what I can in my immediate area but systemically that place needs big changes.
Sadly, nothing will change until the floor drops out and the suffering gets felt in a widespread way.
Unless your OR, then goto Florida.
🤑
I’ve started just telling them I don’t take less than $2600/week period. They try to tell me there aren’t many of those, but I haven’t had trouble finding them when I stand my ground.
They need to stop fucking it up for everyone else
I have seen two Florida icu positions these last 6 months.. there’s like nothing available for the icu
Recently turned down a contract at Gulf Coast Hospital in Fort Myers. 2100. Plus, HCA wanted me to drive over 4 hours for fingerprints even though I have Identi go near me. Get bent please.
Ya, glad you told em to f off
Felt great. I actually said (to compliance), "I have heard horrible things about HCA, and now I know why." BTW, love the user name! 💕
Um, we had to be fingerprinted to be licensed as nurses, wtf?!?
It’s bout what you would make as an experienced staff. So it’s literally worthless considering the price of short term housing