Hi,
I am an Rn and would love to know more about the Nurses club. I haven't seen anything about it in the paper for some time. I worked at the Villages Regional Hospital for 1 1/2 years and just recently resigned. I was quite disappointed in the direction it seems to be going in since Leesburg Regional took over the Hospital.
To make a long story short the nurses don't have a lot of time to take care of the patient's and that's just getting worse. I have been an actively employed RN for 37 years with an excellent record and couldn't stay where I felt my license could be compromised. Good Patient care is just too important to me.
I was also getting tired of people telling me about the awful time they had as a patient or visitor at TVRH.... this happened a lot just as soon it became known I am an RN and worked at the hospital. It got to the point that I didn't tell anyone what I did professionally unless I was asked. Despite anything the hospital PR team tells you there are a lot of unhappy nurses at The Villages Hospital. Many have to work and so they stay. The opportunities in Florida for nurses are very limited. Nurses coming from other parts of the country are shocked by the limited opportunities and awful salaries. I am fortunate that I don't have to work.
I am going to work in Home Health next which is something I did while I lived in California and loved it. I'm 60 and I am not ready to retire yet. I do like participating in the care of people and helping them to better their lives.