re: Anyone work at Heart Hospital of Lafayette or Lafayette General?

And uptown New Orleans is the most expensive neighborhood in louisiana

You keep comparing Scottsdale though. That's the most expensive area out here. You can find much cheaper housing in the western and eastern valleys. It's why many move to Glendale, Peoria, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Surprise, Anthem, etc, etc, etc. It's much cheaper to live there than Scottsdale. Even North and Central Phoenix are much cheaper than Scottsdale. What I pay in rent for my 3 bedroom house in Scottsdale...I could be renting a newly renovated 4-5 bedroom house with a huge pool and massive backyard close to where my inlaws live in Peoria(west valley). Same goes with buying a house...what I would pay for a 3 bedroom house in Scottsdale...I could get a newly renovated 4-5 bedroom house elsewhere with pool and backyard for same price.

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There are either more nurses than we need or less need for them.

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We have a ton of nursing schools out here as well. Students on waitlists to get into school. Some new grads can't even find jobs right out of nursing school. Yet they still pay well.


Again...even if cost of living is a lil more out here....it's not twice the amount. Again...I don't even WORK in Scottsdale...I work in Phoenix. Scottsdale hospitals don't necessarily pay more than Phoenix ones...pay is the same around the valley area.

Then why do you live in Scottsdale?

I feel really sorry for a lot of the nurses that I call on. The doctors I call on delegate all their work to them. And the nurses are the ones telling the doctors what to do, in most cases. That's in the care setting I see, obviously that isn't the case for all. But many of my nurses are basically on call 24-7. And might make 75k in a management position. If I were a nurse I would not want to work in any of the hospitals in Louisiana. They work like dogs and aren't paid as well as they should be.

Eta: if I were a nurse I would go ahead and become a nurse practitioner.

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Then why do you live in Scottsdale?

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Cause it is the nicest part of the valley to live in by far. We love this area and are willing to pay more to live here. My husband lives 2 minutes from his job and I'm an easy commute away as well(my hospital is in the ghetto so I don't want to live too close there). The school districts in Scottsdale are great so we can send our future child to public school if we want and know they will get a great education. The area is very safe. Close proximity to shopping, great restaurants and lots to do. Lots of family stuff to do nearby as well for when we have a kid(Scottsdale has some of the best public parks in this area). If you lived in the area and drove around here...it's pretty obvious that Scottsdale is the most desirable area to live in.

We have considered moving to Peoria to be closer to his parents...but would hate the longer commute and the schools aren't as great and the area is just blah compared to here.

Not an employee there BUT I can say my mom had several stent procedures at General but then she started with a doc that went to Heart Hospital. SO many nurses were hand picked and "stolen" from General and LOVE working at Heart Hospital. Mom recognized several as well as I did too. It's the "new place" to be.

So your house only cost 100-150K?

Is Lafayette really that nice Epic? I mean ....was he really trying to compare Lafayette to Scottsdale as if it's just as great for half the cost?

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Pay would be about $40/hr.

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That is essentially the Houston rate. Couple bucks more if contract. Some weekend diffs occasionally.

I can't speak for Lafayette, but I just graduated nursing school in December and got an offered an icu job at West Cal-cam in Sulphur for $19.50/hr. Turned it down. I'm only staying local a year to get experience then going to to BR, Nola, or Houston.