Originally Posted by
Kdog
Baptist Health is a good system. I was a travel nurse at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables and loved it..
In the nursing field, nurses do not get laid off...so that is good.
Once a nurse graduates, then, they can be trained for a specialty like ICU, ER,OR,Labor delivery ETC.. and some hospitals take the new grad right into that field if that is something they really want. Otherwise,the RN can start on Medical Surgical floor to get experience and move on or stay there. Staffing ratios means, there is a standard of care of how many patients a nurse can safely take care of, FOr example: Medical Surgical nurse ratio should be 5or 6 patients to 1 nurse. Well some hospitals will give the RN 7,8,9,10 patients which is difficult and UNSAFE.
Starting pay in FLorida is $19 to about $23--so I've heard from nurses I've met on assignment.
Anyway, if she really feels like becoming an RN- then start applying... Keep us posted.. K